Jesse's Word of the Day: From Abacinate to Yonic

by Jesse Sheidlower

My four year-old daughter has discovered the meaning of piggyback.??Can you explain its origins? When is it appropriate to use ie. and eg.' If I'm "in like Flynn" am I being compared to the actor?... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375702458
• ISBN13: 9780375702457
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Random House Reference Publishing
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Now "Random Word of the Day"

Jesse Sheidlower has moved on, from Random House to OED. The information given above is out of date. Jesse no longer writes the Word of the Day. It is now called the Random House Word of the Day. You can still visit the site, and it's still good. (I know everyone involved, so I have to say this.) There was an October 1999 _NY Times_ Circuits section article on this and other Word-of-the-Day sites. The information I've mentioned above was included in a correction.