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Introduction: The joy of lex -- 1. Greek to me -- 2. What's a name in -- 3. Myth information -- 4. Word origins -- 5. Nerd origins -- 6. There oughta be a word for it -- 7. Like I had to heads -- 8. Road trip! Northeast and Mid-Atlantic: Culch to lemon sticks -- 9. The allure of Allure -- 10. Road trip! South, Upper South, and Midlands : Come-heres to Charny -- 11. Appalachian roots -- 12. Road trip! Inland North and the Heartland : Doppick to puppy chow -- 13. The allure of radio -- 14. A house on fire -- 15. Road trip! Mountain West and Far West : Fourteeners to da kine -- 16. Too small to fail -- 17. Orts! -- 18. Arthur or Martha -- 19. In the closet -- 20. Slarts! -- 21. Plain old lovely and uplifting words -- 22. A lagniappe. -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
