Full Description
Where do our everyday words come from? The bagel you eat for breakfast, the bumf you have to wade through at the office, and the bus that takes you home again: we use these words without thinking about their origins or how their meanings have changed over time. Simon Horobin takes the reader on a journey through a typical day, showing how the words we use to describe routine activities - getting up, going to work, eating meals - have surprisingly fascinating histories.
Contents
Starting the Day
1: Getting up
2: Breakfasting
3: Getting dressed
4: Commuting
Work
5: The office
6: Law and Order
7: Politics
8: Religion
9: Health services
10: Parenting
Eating and drinking
11: Breaktimes
12: Mealtimes
13: Eating out
Sport and leisure
14: Sport
15: Animals
Evening
16: Going out
17: Drinking
18: Staying in
