Ben Zimmer's new column on word/phrase origins

Douglas G. Wilson douglas at NB.NET
Fri Jul 4 16:22:07 UTC 2008


> I see one more: "skedaddle" (etc.) (June 30).
>
Oops, that's not exactly in the same category ("Mail Bag"), although
it's somewhat similar.

Here is the list of Ben Zimmer's items ("Mail Bag" and other), I think:

http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/

-- Doug Wilson

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