Sponsored
Casual Lex - by Webb Garrison (Paperback)
$9.99 sale price when purchased online
$14.99 list price
Target Online store #3991
About this item
Highlights
- Are you a lover of language?Awaken your passion for words, and savor the sheer deliciousness of the things people say!Casual Lex holds the hidden pleasures found in our usage of words.
- Author(s): Webb Garrison
- 256 Pages
- Language + Art + Disciplines, Language Arts
Description
About the Book
This retitled and repackaged favorite features timely updating of the most interesting words and phrases and the whole story of where these words and phrases originated.Book Synopsis
Are you a lover of language?
Awaken your passion for words, and savor the sheer deliciousness of the things people say!
Casual Lex holds the hidden pleasures found in our usage of words. This fresh edition of the classic Why You Say It will turn you on to the fascinating?and often surprising?stories behind everyday words and phrases. Experience Casual Lex and discover:
- The phrase hell on wheels comes from the early American practice of renting railway flatcars to create rolling casinos and brothels bound for the Wild West.
- Gibberish was the word coined by English villagers to describe the hard-to-understand dialects of certain bands of Gypsies.
- Gymnasium comes from the Greek word gymnos, which means "naked"?Greek athletes trained and competed in the nude.
If your joy of language has been aroused, then many more surprises await you. After all, even the most formal users of our language can benefit from a little Casual Lex.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.3 Inches (H) x 5.46 Inches (W) x .69 Inches (D)
Weight: .59 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 256
Genre: Language + Art + Disciplines
Sub-Genre: Language Arts
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Theme: Etymology
Format: Paperback
Author: Webb Garrison
Language: English
Street Date: May 1, 2005
TCIN: 1003344944
UPC: 9781401602185
Item Number (DPCI): 247-09-7971
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
If the item details above aren’t accurate or complete, we want to know about it.
Shipping details
Estimated ship dimensions: 0.69 inches length x 5.46 inches width x 8.3 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.59 pounds
We regret that this item cannot be shipped to PO Boxes.
This item cannot be shipped to the following locations: American Samoa (see also separate entry under AS), Guam (see also separate entry under GU), Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico (see also separate entry under PR), United States Minor Outlying Islands, Virgin Islands, U.S., APO/FPO
Return details
This item can be returned to any Target store or Target.com.
This item must be returned within 90 days of the date it was purchased in store, shipped, delivered by a Shipt shopper, or made ready for pickup.
See the return policy for complete information.
Trending Non-Fiction
$12.54
was $15.38 New lower price
Buy 1, get 1 50% off select books
4.6 out of 5 stars with 9 ratings
$24.50
MSRP $35.00
Buy 1, get 1 50% off select books
5 out of 5 stars with 2 ratings
Discover more options
$12.54
was $15.38 New lower price
Buy 1, get 1 50% off select books
4.6 out of 5 stars with 9 ratings
$24.50
MSRP $35.00
Buy 1, get 1 50% off select books
5 out of 5 stars with 2 ratings
$20.98
MSRP $28.00
Buy 1, get 1 50% off select books
4.4 out of 5 stars with 8 ratings
$24.50
MSRP $35.00
Buy 1, get 1 50% off select books
5 out of 5 stars with 9 ratings