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9781565122390
The Word Detective is In and Open for Business -- Confused about whether a friend in need is a friend indeed implies you should worry about your friends or thank goodness for them? -- Up at night pondering the differences between twilight, dusk, evening, and sunset? -- Baffled by bloviate, confounded by quack, and hung up on hullabaloo? -- If youire happy as a clam, how happy is that? Evan Morrisis zany sensibility and his knack for digging up the origins of our everyday words and phrases have made his award-winning Web site and syndicated column popular destination for the etymologically curious.Morris, Evan is the author of 'Word Detective', published 2000 under ISBN 9781565122390 and ISBN 1565122399.
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