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Author: Ralph Keyes (Author of ""The Post Truth Era"", Author of ""The Post Truth Era"")
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 23.90cm
, Height: 3.30cm
, Length: 15.70cm
Weight: 0.708kg
ISBN: 9780190466763
ISBN 10: 0190466766
Pages: 392
Publication Date: 26 August 2021
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
The Hidden History of Coined Words is filled with intriguing information. Anyone who loves words, the history of language, or well-told stories will be glad they read this fascinating book. * Rosalie Maggio, author of How to Say It: Choice Words, Phrases, Sentences & Paragraphs for Every Situation * If my reaction is typical, people will start reading and not be able to put it down. It's very witty and learned - and interesting! * Landon Y. Jones, author of The Essential Lewis and Clark *
If my reaction is typical, people will start reading and not be able to put it down. It's very witty and learned DL and interesting! -- Landon Y. Jones, author of The Essential Lewis and Clark The Hidden History of Coined Words is filled with intriguing information. Anyone who loves words, the history of language, or well-told stories will be glad they read this fascinating book. -- Rosalie Maggio, author of How to Say It: Choice Words, Phrases, Sentences & Paragraphs for Every Situation Eloquent and instructive EL Mr. Keyes's range of reference is admirable EL every page contains toothsome detail. Mr. Keyes is as happy recalling the (imaginary) Brooklyn hoodlum Evil-Eye Fleagle, exponent of the
"""Ralph Keyes is a legend for his accurate and very entertaining books about language. Now, in The Hidden History of Coined Words, he has written the best book ever produced on the fascinating stories and processes of how new words are created."" -- Fred Shapiro, Editor of The New Yale Book of Quotations ""Ralph Keyes looks at the history of coined words to explore how creativity itself works in language. Few word books are both this entertaining and this accurate; even fewer also manage to say anything new. This riveting book does it all."" -- Jesse Sheidlower, Former Editor at Large of the Oxford English Dictionary and past president of the American Dialect Society ""If my reaction is typical, people will start reading and not be able to put it down. It's very witty and learned DL and interesting!"" -- Landon Y. Jones, author of The Essential Lewis and Clark ""The Hidden History of Coined Words is filled with intriguing information. Anyone who loves words, the history of language, or well-told stories will be glad they read this fascinating book."" -- Rosalie Maggio, author of How to Say It: Choice Words, Phrases, Sentences & Paragraphs for Every Situation ""Eloquent and instructive...Mr. Keyes's range of reference is admirable...every page contains toothsome detail. Mr. Keyes is as happy recalling the (imaginary) Brooklyn hoodlum Evil-Eye Fleagle, exponent of the"
If my reaction is typical, people will start reading and not be able to put it down. It's very witty and learned DL and interesting! -- Landon Y. Jones, author of The Essential Lewis and Clark The Hidden History of Coined Words is filled with intriguing information. Anyone who loves words, the history of language, or well-told stories will be glad they read this fascinating book. -- Rosalie Maggio, author of How to Say It: Choice Words, Phrases, Sentences & Paragraphs for Every Situation Eloquent and instructive...Mr. Keyes's range of reference is admirable...every page contains toothsome detail. Mr. Keyes is as happy recalling the (imaginary) Brooklyn hoodlum Evil-Eye Fleagle, exponent of the
Author Information
Ralph Keyes's seventeen books include The Post-Truth Era, which was cited by Oxford Dictionaries as the primary source of post-truth, their 2016 ""Word of the Year."" Keyes also wrote Is There Life After High School?, which inspired a Broadway musical. His other books include Euphemania, The Courage to Write, and Chancing It, a New York Times Notable Book of the year. Keyes has appeared on Oprah Winfrey, The Today Show, The Tonight Show, ABC World News Tonight, and 20/20. He's been interviewed on NPR's ""All Things Considered,"" ""On the Media,"" and ""Fresh Air."" His articles have been published by GQ, Good Housekeeping, Esquire, Glamour, Newsweek, Parade, Sports Illustrated, Harper's, and The American Scholar, where he also wrote a column on language. Several essays by him have been deemed ""Notable"" by the annual compilation of Best American Essays. Keyes lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife, Muriel.
