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New Book: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Weird Word Origins

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Weird Word OriginsMy book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Weird Word Origins is out! This book checks out the weird and wacky histories of nearly 600 words and phrases, from A1 to zydeco.

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johnbutcher said:

Symposium: I had thought that this came from the Greek word for drinking party and was the name of a Socratic Discourse by Plato which was set at such a party.  The meaning as a Philosophical Conference is said to have been derived from this particular Symposium

December 25, 2008 3:12 AM

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