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Your search for books with author names containing 'Michael Quinion' and with titles containing 'Ballyhoo Buckaroo and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins'
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Book cover for Michael Quinion: Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds

Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds : Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins

Michael Quinion
Paperback - $21.95

The cat's pajamas, the bee's knees, and the whole nine yards rolled into one, this true feast for wordlovers delightfully skewers commonly accepted word origin myths and etymological "folk tales." From the bawdy to the sublime, Quinion's explanations ...

Book cover for Michael Quinion: Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds

Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds : Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins

Michael Quinion
Hardcover - $32.95

The cat's pajamas, the bee's knees, and the whole nine yards rolled into one, this true feast for wordlovers delightfully skewers commonly accepted word origin myths and etymological "folk tales." The real story of a world or phrase's origin and evol ...