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Download or read book Let's Bring Back: The Lost Language Edition written by Lesley M. M. Blume and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An A-to-Z reference featuring wonderful words and expressions from the past: “What a fun book!” —Kathleen Dunn, Wisconsin Public Radio History is positively brimming with rich language deserving of rejuvenation. This compendium gathers forgotten words, phrases, names, insults, and idioms, plus fascinating and funny anecdotes, etymologies, and occasions for modern use. Let’s Bring Back: The Lost Language Edition takes readers on a philological journey through words from the not-too-distant past. From all-overish to zounds, the vintage vernacular collected here will make any reader the cat’s meow among friends, relations, and acquaintances.