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Coined: The Rich Life of Money And How Its History Has Shaped Us
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Coined: The Rich Life of Money And How Its History Has Shaped UsCoined: The Rich Life of Money And How Its History Has Shaped Us

A New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestseller!
The importance of money in our lives is readily apparent to everyone--rich, poor, and in between. However grudgingly, most of us accept the expression "Money makes the world go round" as a universal truth. We are all aware of the power of money--how it influences our moods, compels us to take risks, and serves as the yardstick of success in societies around the world. Yet because we take the daily reality of money so completely for granted, we seldom question how and why it has come to play such a central role in our lives.
 
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Neverisms A Quotation Lover's Guide
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Neverisms A Quotation Lover's GuideNeverisms A Quotation Lover's Guide

When we strongly encourage people to do something, it's called an exhortation. But what is the proper term for strongly discouraging people? One candidate is admonition. Another is dehortation, the opposite of exhortation. But perhaps the best term for an emphatic piece of dissuasive advice is neverism. You won't find the term in any dictionary (at least not yet) because quotation anthologist Dr. Mardy Grothe coined it himself for this collection of nearly two thousand quotable cautionary warnings.
 
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The Hutchinson Dictionary of Word Origins
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The Hutchinson Dictionary of Word OriginsThe Hutchinson Dictionary of Word Origins

Authoritative etymologies of hundreds of English words, including recently coined terms.
One particular development of the new world was an interest in the words themselves. Scholars began to ask the question already asked above: where do words come from? More precisely, what was their original meaning, and how have they evolved? The learned term etymology was coined (from Greek) to describe the study of word origins and meanings. Certain scholars set themselves up as specialists and produced either dictionaries with etymologies or purely etymological dictionaries...
 
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Ok: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word
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Ok: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest WordOk: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word

It is said to be the most frequently spoken (or typed) word on the planet, more common than an infant's first word ma or the ever-present beverage Coke . It was even the first word spoken on the moon. It is "OK"-- the most ubiquitous and invisible of American expressions, one used countless times every day. Yet few of us know the secret history of OK--how it was coined, what it stood for, and the amazing extent of its influence.
 
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The Money Illusion
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The Money IllusionThe Money Illusion

In economics, money illusion refers to the tendency of people to think of currency in nominal, rather than real, terms. This is a fallacy as modern fiat currencies have no inherent value and their real value is derived from their ability to be exchanged for goods and used for payment of taxes. The term was coined by John Maynard Keynes in the early twentieth century, and Irving Fisher book, The Money Illusion, is one of the most important works on the subject.
 
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