Synopsis
On the television program Curb Your Enthusiasm, a question is asked whether muck and mire necessarily have to go together. What happens when an author starts to search for expressions that have the word ''and'' in them So started this journey down a linguistic trail for how various so-called ''andisms'' are presently being used. The travel begins at ''beck and call'' and ends at ''wax and wane'' in between forty-eight other ''andisms.'' Definitions are offered for all. Perspectives are presented on how the phrases are used in a variety of venues.
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