Why You Say it: The Fascinatin

Garrison, Webb B.

ISBN 10: 1558531289 / ISBN 13: 9781558531284

Published by Rutledge Hill Pr, 1992

Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Seller Inventory # 00099937188

Synopsis:

The Fascinating stories behind over 600 everyday words and phrases such as...

Shindig - A veteran square dance caller will tell you that bruised shins result from the swigging feet of beginning dancers. A dance that leaves telltale marks on the lower legs of participants is a shindig.

Alibi - The word is taken straight from Latin and means "elsewhere." The perfect "alibi" is to prove one was "elsewhere" when the deed was done.

And many more...

Synopsis: This fascinating collection of anecdotes about words and phrases explains that a "bikini" was named after a Pacific island where the atomic bomb was tested because men who first saw it reacted as if it were an atom bomb - and that a person who "knows the ropes" is experienced like a sailor who mastered the complex tangle of ropes on a ship. The book contains stories behind over 600 everyday words and phrases such as...Shindig - A veteran square dance caller will tell you that bruised shins result from the swigging feet of beginning dancers. A dance that leaves telltale marks on the lower legs of participants is a shindig. Alibi - The word is taken straight from Latin and means "elsewhere." The perfect "alibi" is to prove one was "elsewhere" when the deed was done. And many more...

Bibliographic Details

Title: Why You Say it: The Fascinatin
Publisher: Rutledge Hill Pr
Publication Date: 1992
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good