TY  - BOOK
AU  - McQuain,Jeff
TI  - Never enough words: how Americans invented expressions as ingenious, ornery, and colorful as themselves 
SN  - 0679458042
AV  - PE2839 .M38 1999
U1  - 427/.973 21
PY  - 1999///
CY  - New York
PB  - Random House
KW  - English language
KW  - United States
KW  - Terms and phrases
KW  - Etymology
KW  - Figures of speech
KW  - Americanisms
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-267) and index
ER  -