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The Word Nerd 2025 Day-to-Day Calendar

Obscure Terms, Forgotten Slang, and Fascinating Phrase Origins

Published by Andrews McMeel Publishing
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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About The Book

Celebrate language every day in 2025—from hilarious old-timey curses and phrase origins to deciphering Gen Z slang and reclaiming misused words.

Never be at a loss for words again! Mental Floss's Word Nerd 2025 Day-to-Day Calendar delivers the goods on historic curses and old insults, fun and obscure names for food and animals, and the eye-opening origins of common expressions.

Features include:
• No single-use plastic
• Recyclable chipboard easel backer for desk or tabletop display
• Page size 4.6" x 4.6"
• Printed on FSC certified paper with soy-based ink
• Full-color tear-off pages
• Back of pages are blank for notes or shopping lists
• Day/Date reference on each page
• Combined weekend pages
• Official major world holidays and observances
• Each page features a new word or fun and fascinating fact about language, including Old-Fashioned Words to Bring Back, Terms Coined by Authors, Historic Curses, Misused Words, Slang from Decades Past, Collections of Creatures, Generational Slang, Etymologies of Common Words, Holiday Words Explained, Terms From Around the World, Food Words, Eggcorns (Misheard Words or Phrases), Old Insults and Compliments, Words We Hate, and Phrase Origins.

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Product Details

  • Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (August 6, 2024)
  • Length: 640 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781524892203

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