Authorisms: Words Wrought by Writers (33 page)

Lexical Works by Paul Dickson

Words from the White House—Words and Phrases Coined or Popularized by America’s Presidents

The Congress Dictionary: The Ways and Meanings of Capitol Hill
(with Paul Clancy)

The Dickson Baseball Dictionary
 (three revised editions)

A Dictionary of the Space Age

Drunk—the Definitive Drinker’s Dictionary
 (updated in 2012 as 
Intoxerated
)

The Hidden Language of Baseball: How Signs and Sign-Stealing Have Influenced the Course of Our National Pastime

Journalese—A Dictionary for Deciphering the News
(with Robert Skole)

Labels for Locals: What to Call People from Abilene to Zimbabwe

Names: A Collector’s Compendium of Rare and Unusual,  Bold and Beautiful, Odd and Whimsical Names

Slang: The Topical Dictionary of Americanisms

War Slang—American Fighting Words and Phrases since the Civil War
(three revised editions)

Words: A Connoisseur’s Collection of Old and New, Weird and Wonderful, Useful and Outlandish Words

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Library of Congress cataloging-in-publication data

Dickson, Paul.

Authorisms: Words Wrought by Writers /

Paul Dickson.—First U.S. Edition.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

eISBN 978-1-62040-542-0

1. Literature—Philosophy. 2. Lexicography in literature. 3. Influence

(Literary, artistic, etc.) 4. Linguistics in literature. I. Title.

PN54.D53 2014

801'.3—dc23

2013038417

First U.S. edition 2014

Electronic edition published in April 2014

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