500 Years of New Words: the fascinating story of how, when, and why these words first entered the English language
- ISBN-10
- 1459718224
- ISBN-13
- 9781459718227
- Category
- Reference
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-09-01
- Publisher
- Dundurn
- Author
- Bill Sherk
Description
500 Years of New Words takes you on an exciting journey through the English language from the days before Shakespeare to the first decade of the 21st century. All the main entries are arranged not alphabetically by in chronological order based on the earliest known year that each word was printed or written down. Beginning with "America" in 1507 and spanning the centuries to "Marsiphobiphiliac" in 2004 (a person who would love to go to Mars but is afraid of being marooned there), this book can be opened at any page and the reader will discover a dazzling array of linguistic delights. In other words, this book is unputdownable (the main entry for 1947). If Shakespeare were alive today, he would buy this book.
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