The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities Jones Paul Anthony
The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities Jones Paul Anthony Open The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities and you'll find both a word and a day to remember, every day of the year. On the day on which a…
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The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities Jones Paul Anthony
Open The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities and you'll find both a word and a day to remember, every day of the year. On the day on which a disillusioned San Franciscan declared himself Emperor of the United States, you'll find the word "mamamouchi," a term for people who consider themselves more important than they truly are. Each day has its own dedicated entry, on which a curious or notable event--and an equally curious or notable word--are explored.On the day on which flirting was banned in New York City, for instance, you'll discover why to "sheep's-eye" someone once meant to look at them amorously.
And on the day on which George Frideric Handel completed his 259-page Messiah after twenty-four days of frenzied work, you'll see why a French loanword, literally meaning "a small wooden barrow," is used to refer to an intense period of work undertaken to meet a