Dictionary of Phrase & Fable by Nigel Rees

Dictionary of Phrase & Fable

Nigel Rees

358 pages paperback 1997

2 editions

nonfiction reference informative slow-paced
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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 P...

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