Book: Cassells Dictionary Word Phrase Origins Have any idea where the word "nerd" came from, or "twerp"? This dictionary starts where ordinary references beg off. Discover that bad hair day was originated by California teenagers in the early 1990s. Learn that bikini comes from the name of a Pacific island used in the 1940s for atomic bomb tests. Learn why a flight data recorder is called a black box--even though it's orange.
Details of Book: Cassells Dictionary Word Phrase Origins Book: Cassells Dictionary Word Phrase Origins
Author: Nigel Rees
ISBN: 0297853597
ISBN-13: 9780297853596
, 978-0297853596
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: 2007
Publisher: Orion
Language: English