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Title: Fifty Years Out Of Date
Review: I consider myself a "wordie" - love to hear about interesting word origins and the like - and so was very happy to see this book at the used book store. After reading it, however, it is going back to the used book store. Parts of it were okay, but nothing was especially earth-shattering about it. And, most unfortunately, so many of the entries were expressions that only my grandfather remembers anymore that it was more or less irrelevant to me. I suppose there's a quirk factor to the book, and perhaps it would be useful for someone wanting to write a book set in the 40's or 50's, but there are many better books to buy if words are your thing.
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