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Hot For Words, August 2009
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HOT FOR WORDS
By: Marina Orlova

Harper
August 2009
On Sale: August 18, 2009
208 pages
ISBN: 0061776319
EAN: 9780061776311
Paperback
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Non-Fiction

Intelligence is sexy.

Good morning, dear students, and welcome to my favorite class: philology, or the love of words.

For me, nothing is more seductive than a good word origin story. I can't get enough. I mean, have you ever wondered what the word cocktail has to do with drinks? Or whether hussy was always an insult? Or why Benedict got his very own egg recipe? These are the types of questions that keep me awake all night long.

Whether you've been a straight-A follower of my YouTube channel or this is your first adventure in philology, I think that soon you'll be just as hot for words as I am Are you ready for class to begin?

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