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Sticklers, Sideburns and Bikinis: The military origins of everyday words and phrases (General Military) by Graeme Donald, 2008-10-21
Australian Aboriginal Words in English: Their Origin and Meaning by R. M. W. Dixon, Bruce Moore, et all 2006-11-30
Oxford Pocket School Dictionary of Word Origins 2004 by John Ayto, 2004-07-01
The Oxford Library of Words and Phrases: "Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs", "Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations" and "Concise Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins"
The Origin of Species: Darwin's Theory of Evolution (Words That Changed History) by Don Nardo, 2000-10
Webster's Dictionary of Word Origins by Merriam-Webster, 2004
Short dictionary of classical word origins by Harry Ezekiel Wedeck, 1957-01-01
The Dord, the Diglot, and an Avocado or Two: The Hidden Lives and Strange Origins of Common and Not-So-Common Words by Anu Garg, 2007-10-30
Thereby Hangs A Tale: Hundreds of Stories of Curious Word Origins by Charles Earle Funk, 1972
The Latin in English: First Lessons in Latin with Special Reference to the Etymology of English Words of Latin Origin by Harry Pratt Judson, 2010-03-22
Everyday Words from Classic Origins: A Vocabulary Workbook
The Origins of Words and Phrases (Readers Digest)
I Didn't Know That Comes From The Bible: From Sour Grapes to Feet Of Clay, The Biblical Origins Behind Our Everyday Words and Expressions by Karlen Evins, 2009-08-01
Origen De Las Palabras Estrafalarias/ The Origin of Odd Words (Lengua Espa~nola) (Spanish Edition) by Jose Calles Vales, 2002-01

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A Clockwork Orange/Nadsat
Comprehensive list words with their meaning and origins.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/1974/nadsat.html

Extractions: NOTE: This list of words is very close to the one used in my translator program. As such, it includes plurals of words, verb tenses, comparatives, and superlatives. Not all of these forms actually appear in the book. The basic forms of all the words are, in my understanding, correct. This lists the word, its meaning, and thirdly, its origin.
Words With Heathen Origins In The Scriptures
An etymological study of numerous words used in churches and Scriptures that have their origin in pagan religions.
http://www.innvista.com/culture/religion/bible/compare/heathen.htm

Extractions: Words with Heathen Origins in the Scriptures Home About Us Contact Us Home ... Old and New Testament Search innvista.com Our Notice Board There are numerous words that are used in churches and read in the Scriptures that have their origin in pagan religions, especially in sun worship. The following is an analysis of which versions use these words and which attempt to use an alternative. AAT An American Translation (Beck) AB Amplified Bible AIV An Inclusive Version ANT The Authentic New Testament ASV American Standard Version BNT Barclay New Testament CENT Common English New Testament CEV Contemporary English Version CJB Complete Jewish Bible CLNT Concordant Literal New Testament CNT Cassirer New Testament CTNT Centenary Translation of the New Testament DHB Darby Holy Bible DRB Douay-Rheims Bible EBR The Emphasized Bible EDW The Emphatic Diaglott EVD English Version for the Deaf GW God's Word HBME The Holy Bible in Modern English HBRV Holy Bible, Revised Version HSH Holy Scriptures (Harkavy) IB Interlinear Bible IV Inspired Version JBK Jerusalem Bible (Koren) JWNT John Wesley New Testament KJV King James Version KLNT Kleist-Lilly New Testament KTC Knox Translation LB Living Bible LBP Lamsa Bible LXX The Septuagint MCT McCord's New Testament Translation MNT Moffatt New Translation MRB Modern Reader's Bible MSNT The Modern Speech New Testament NAB New American Bible NAS New American Standard Version NBV New Berkeley Version NCV New Century Version NEB New English Bible NET New Evangelical Translation NIV New International Version NJB
World Wide Words
Michael Quinion writes about International English from a British viewpoint. Hundreds of pages on the history, origins, evolution and idiosyncrasies of English, with features on new words and words in the news.
http://www.quinion.com/words/

Extractions: Jump to content SECTION INDEXES ARTICLES REVIEWS TOPICAL WORDS TURNS OF PHRASE ... WEIRD WORDS FINDING THINGS SITE INDEX (COMPLETE) SEARCH THE SITE SURPRISE ME! WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIBE NOW! GIFT SUBSCRIPTIONS SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS SUPPORT PAGES ABOUT THE AUTHOR CONTACT THE AUTHOR OTHER WORDS SITES PRONUNCIATION GUIDE ... This site is designed to work with the current generation of browsers. Some older ones might not be able to display every aspect of the design as it is intended to look, nor some of the special characters. If you want to download an updated browser, we recommend Mozilla , but some others are Internet Explorer and Opera Windows (of size 384Kb) or for the Apple Mac (348Kb). See your system help files for how to install the font. We very much regret that a fault on the server means that for the moment you cannot use any of the subscription options (join or leave the mailing list, change your subscription address, or send a gift subscription), nor can you send a page to a friend. We are very sorry about this and are working to cure the fault as soon as we can. WELCOME!
What's The Meaning Of This?
The origins of quirky English words and phrases like In like Flynn and blackmail.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/meanings.htm

Extractions: YE OLDE ENGLISH SAYINGS AMERISPEAK My heartfelt thanks to YAHOO for making this page one of their Picks of the Week (May 12, 1997) and thanks to all of you who have sent me your comments and contributions! This page last updated on November 7, 2001 Between a rock and a hard place Blackmail Kenyon wrote that he was told that the term "Black Mail" came from the armor used in Medieval times. The armor which was worn was called maol and it became black (as described in black market). When the two knights were dueling and one attained the upperhand, he would give the other an alternative of life or death as the sword was pointed at his face. This was known as black mailing someone. Andy in Scotland wrote: Centuries ago, Maol was the silver which was paid in rent in Scotland. Sheep and cattle stealers would steal the cattle and then try to legitimize the theft by threatening to keep the animals unless the owner paid them rent for the grazing the animals had while they were stolen. This became known as Black Maol or Blackmail. We Scots invented Blackmail, something to be proud of Bought the farm From Mark Palos: To my knowledge, in the U.S. "to buy the farm" is to die. I have heard this originated do to a cynical way of looking at the lifespan's and earnings of the lower/ immigrant classes of the industrial revolution. City people wishing to buy a farm to retire to in their "golden years" would usually die before actually reaching this goal. Therefore, their burial plot was the only lot of land they would own. Hence, they finally "bought the farm."
Guardian Unlimited Books | By Genre | Where Do Hobbits Come From?
To mark the occasion, John Simpson, chief editor of the OED, pickshis favourite words with unusual origins Thursday June 12, 2003,
http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/referenceandlanguages/story/0,6000,97599

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MSN Encarta - Quiz - Where Ya From, Buckaroo? A Word-Origin Quiz
Quiz. Where Ya From, Buckaroo? A wordOrigin Quiz. Even the most ordinarywords often have extraordinary histories. Take this quiz
http://encarta.msn.com/quiz_81/Word_Origins_Where_Ya_From_Buckaroo.html

Extractions: MSN Home My MSN Hotmail Shopping ... Money Web Search: logoImg('http://sc.msn.com'); Encarta Subscriber Sign In Help Home ... Upgrade to Encarta Premium Search Encarta Quiz Where Ya From, Buckaroo? A Word-Origin Quiz Even the most ordinary words often have extraordinary histories. Take this quiz and find out how much you know about the words we use every day. What is the original literal meaning of halibut a) "Holy fish" b) "Protruding eyeballs" c) "Facing the sun" The word assassin comes from: a) Asininus, a Roman senator murdered in AD 43 b) An Arabic word for hashish users c) Europe's historically tumultuous Alsace region The word buckaroo comes from: a) The Spanish word for cowboy b) Billy Buck, an early rodeo star c) A slang term for a payment to a farm laborer The word clich© comes from: a) A character satirized in Punch magazine b) An Urdu word meaning parable c) The sound made by a printing plate What is the original meaning of guerilla a) "Freedom fighter" b) "Little war" c) "Gorilla" Which object is most closely related to fascism 's etymological origins? a) A U.S. dime
The Origin Of Words: A Psychophysical Hypothesis
THE ORIGIN OF wordS A PSYCHOPHYSICAL HYPOTHESIS. This is the kind of theoryof the origin of words and word meanings that will be put forward here.
http://cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Papers/Harnad/harnad96.word.origin.html

Extractions: ftp://cogsci.ecs.soton.ac.uk/pub/harnad/ ABSTRACT: It is hypothesized that words originated as the names of perceptual categories and that two forms of representation underlying perceptual categorization iconic and categorical representations served to ground a third, symbolic, form of representation. The third form of representation made it possible to name and describe our environment, chiefly in terms of categories, their memberships, and their invariant features. Symbolic representations can be shared because they are intertranslatable. Both categorization and translation are approximate rather than exact, but the approximation can be made as close as we wish. This is the central property of that universal mechanism for sharing descriptions that we call natural language. 1. Translation and Categorization
Africa - A Great And Problematic Word. Origin And Use Of The Name
The origin of the word is still a little uncertain, but it is credible to seea connection from Latin (Africa = sunny) and Greek (Aphrike = not cold).
http://crawfurd.dk/africa/word.htm

Extractions: US order European order Shopping info This site is generalising when using the word "Africa" all over the place. Thought I better explain my feelings about this word. Most people (including myself) frequently use the word Africa, not only for the continent, but as a common denominator for 50 countries, 720 million people and 1000 languages. A huge number of religions, tribes and groups of people each with a very different history. We also use terms like "African culture", "African music " or "African religion" even though there is no single culture, music or religion in common for all of the countries/regions. The African continent is so vast, varied and rich in every way. It is fantastic and completely incomprehensible. Nothing compares to all this and yet we try to make it all fit into a small word of 6 letters. It is almost an insult! It is Impossible! No word can hold so much ...but in some way it does. When used to generalise and simplify the word can be harmful, but most people on the continent proudly describes themselves as Africans. Sometimes the African identity is even stronger than the actual nationality. Historically this could be due to the fact that most nations and borders in Africa are a European-colonial invention. Before colonialism there were around 10,000 kingdoms, but no countries called
Origin Of The Term "spam" To Mean Net Abuse
and email. Here we see a thread where MUDders discuss the meaning andorigin of the word Spam in 1990. First Spams. After the MUDders
http://www.templetons.com/brad/spamterm.html

Extractions: (My Blog) ClariNet Interviews EFF Jokes / RHF ... Bill Gates Origin of the term "spam" to mean net abuse Much to the chagrin of Hormel Foods , maker of the canned "Shoulder Pork and hAM"/"SPiced hAM" luncheon meat, the term "spam" has today come to mean network abuse, particularly junk E-mail and massive junk postings to USENET. (See also my reflections on the 25th anniversary of spam How did the term get this meaning? I went on a mission of etymological research. In this article you'll learn how the term, born of canned ham, moved into BBSs and MUDS and then was applied to USENET postings and E-mail. I've put in a short history of the earliest big spams, including a special page about the first E-mail spam from 1978. (You'll be astounded to see which net celebrity defends the spam. But we were all younger then.) (This is an interesting time for spammiversaries. March 31st, 2003 marks the 10th anniversary of the term Spam being applied to a USENET post, and May 3rd marks the 25th anniversary of the earliest documented E-mail spam.) Plus at the bottom, a bit about the term
The Origin Of The Word 'Agnosticism'
PAID ADVERTISEMENTS. Home Library Modern Documents Nontheism Agnosticism TheOrigin of the word Agnostic . The Origin of the word Agnostic. by Bill Young.
http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/reason/agnosticism/agnostic.html

Extractions: Home Library Modern Documents Nontheism ... Agnosticism : The Origin of the Word 'Agnostic' The Origin of the Word Agnostic There is little doubt that Thomas Henry Huxley invented the word agnostic in the Spring of 1869. However, there is conflicting evidence about when this was and what it originally meant. According to R. H. Hutton, as published in the New English Dictionary , Huxley first used the word agnostic at a party at James Knowles's house on Clapham Common prior to the formation of the Metaphysical Society. Hutton also said, "He [Huxley] took it from St. Paul's mention of the altar to 'the Unknown God'." ( New English Dictionary edited by James A. H. Murray. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1888, p. 86.) Huxley, on the other hand, wrote in "Agnosticism" published in The Nineteenth Century in February 1889 that he invented it as a label for himself at the Metaphysical Society, although he didn't say when. He also said, "It [agnostic] came into my head as suggestively antithetic to the 'gnostic' of Church history, who professed to know so much about the very things of which I was ignorant...." (Huxley, Thomas Henry. "Agnosticism" The Nineteenth Century . February, 1889, p. 183.)
Roman Pages - Mosaics, Gardens, Inscriptions, Word Derivations, Word Origins, La
answer 5. What is the origin of the word computer ? click to checkyour answer 6. What is the connection between these? (Eudora
http://www.pyrrha.demon.co.uk/tquiz3.html
Notes From The Cave: Word Origin Of The Day
Thursday, January 29, 2004. word_origin.jpg word Origin of the Day. Wednesday,January 28, 2004. word_origin.jpg word Origin of the Day.
http://tunadave.typepad.com/notes_from_the_cave/word_origin_of_the_day/
Wordorigins Org
phrase origin wax poetically , 5, 5/25/04 309 am by Dr Techie, brucejosef.Origin of the word dog. , 11, 5/25/04 303 am by jgorman64, wcrowe.
http://pub55.ezboard.com/fwordoriginsorgfrm1

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The URL Of The Wordorigins.org Home Page Has Changed. It Is Now
The URL of the Wordorigins.org home page has changed. It is now http//www.wordorigins.org/index.htm.If your browser supports automatic
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MATH WORDS, AND SOME OTHER WORDS OF INTEREST
MATH WORDS, AND SOME OTHER WORDS, OF INTEREST. If you have suggestions or Mathot sPoint; Maximum; Mean; Measure; Medial Triangle; Median (Origin statistics);
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/1861/etyindex.html
KryssTal : The Origin Of Words And Names
Mother Tongue is a comprehensive history of the language including differences betweendialects and countries, the development of words, the origin of names
http://www.krysstal.com/wordname.html

Extractions: Words and Names The English language has developed from an Anglo-Saxon base of common words: household words, parts of the body, common animals, natural elements, most pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions and auxiliary verbs. Other modern words in English have developed from five sources. These are discussed below. Examples of words that have just appeared in the language out of nothing are byte dog (replacing the earlier hund donkey jam kick log quasar google , and yuppie Shakespere coined over 1600 words including countless critical excellent lonely majestic obscene From Ben Johnson we got damp , from Isaac Newton centrifugal and from Thomas More: explain and exact The vegetable pease was thought to be a plural so that the individual item in the pod was given the name pea . The verb laze was erroneously created from the adjective lazy . The word buttonhole was a mis-hearing of button-hold English has borrowed words from a variety of sources and other languages. Three examples show this. The name of the fruit was NARANJ in Sanskrit. This language was spoken in ancient India. Indians traded with Arabs, so the word passed into Arabic as
Behind The Name - The Etymology And History Of First Names
Search for names Search for words in meaning Search for words in description,Find names in any gender.
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