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Port out, starboard home (2005, Penguin, Penguin Books) 3 stars

What is the true origin of the phrase 'one fell swoop'? Does the word 'honeymoon' …

Fascinating but for a very small target audience

3 stars

Every entry in this book about folk etymology follows the same format: “Here’s this word or phrase. People say it originates with this far-fetched etymology, but they’re wrong, it’s actually this mundane etymology.”

I certainly learned a lot of trivia tidbits from this book, but I couldn’t consume more than a few per day before they got monotonous.