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The Unexpected Evolution of Language: Discover the Surprising Etymology of Everyday Words The Unexpected Evolution of Language: Discover the Surprising Etymology of Everyday Words
Автор: Жанр: Daedalus Books Год: 2012 Страниц: 240 Дата загрузки: 23 декабря 2014
   Time has done a number on the English language. Not so long ago, a slur was just mud and being nice meant that you didn't actually know what was going on. But over the years, even some of the most common words we use have done complete 360s. With The Encyclopedia of Modern Meanings, word-lovers can rediscover definitions long-forgotten, including: Thrift, n. personal wealth; Loose, v. to release an arrow; Manufacture, v. to make by hand; Doom, n. a law, judgment, or decree; and, Bimbo, n. tough guy, man's man.
 

 

 

 

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