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Why You Say it: The Fascinating Stories Behind Over 600 Everyday Words and Phrases by Webb Garrison (Paperback, 1992)

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This fascinating collection of anecdotes about words and phrases explains that a bikini was named after a Pacific island where the atomic bomb was tested because men who first saw it reacted as if it were an atom bomb - and that a person who knows the ropes is experienced like a sailor who mastered the complex tangle of ropes on a ship. The book contains stories behind over 600 everyday words and phrases such as...Shindig - A veteran square dance caller will tell you that bruised shins result from the swigging feet of beginning dancers. A dance that leaves telltale marks on the lower legs of participants is a shindig. Alibi - The word is taken straight from Latin and means elsewhere. The perfect alibi is to prove one was elsewhere when the deed was done. And many more...