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dickson in 2009 . http://www.pauldicksonbooks.com/ yonkers , new york baseball , u.s. military , word origins and slang thumbnail '' locals '' , '' war slang '' the bonus army '' , '' labels for file : paul dickson loc.jpg paul dickson
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paul dickson

paul dickson -lrb- born in yonkers , new york -rrb- is a freelance writer of more than 65 non-fiction books , mostly on american english language and popular culture .
he has written many articles on a wide variety of subjects , including baseball and the military .
he is a founding member and former president of washington independent writers and a member of the national press club .
dickson coined the term '' `` word word '' '' .
for his published work on baseball , the `` washington post '' has described dickson as `` baseball 's answer to noah webster or , at the very least , william safire . ''
dickson graduated from wesleyan university in 1961 .
he resides in garrett park , maryland .
