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Tables of Contents for Marvelous Monikers
Chapter/Section Title
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Introduction
xi
 
A
1
8
Abraham's bosom, Achilles' heel, Adonis, Aesop's fables, Horatio Alger story, America, ampere, aphrodisiac, Archimedes' principle, atlas, Augean stables, aurora borealis
B
9
10
Babbit, Barbie doll, Bartlett's Quotations, Beau Brummel, berserk, Big Ben, bloomers, blurb, bobby, bowdlerize, Bowie knife, boycott, Braille, Bunsen burner
A Bouquet of Botanists
19
2
begonia, camellia, dahlia, forsythia, fuchsia, gardenia, gentian, magnolia, poinsettia, wistaria, zinnia, hyacinth, iris, narcissus, marigold
C
21
4
Casanova, Celsius scale, cereal, chauvinism, Chippendale furniture, crapper, craps, Jim Crow laws
Canines Yclept
25
1
basset, Doberman, Gordon setter, husky, keeshond, King Charles, malamute, Saint Bernard, Samoyed, schnauzer
Clothing: A (Mostly English) Wardrobe
26
2
argyle, cardigan, Eisenhower jacket, jersey, leotard, mackintosh, Nehru jacket, raglan sleeves, Wellingtons, Windsor knot
D
28
9
daguerreotype, sword of Damocles, star of David, decibel, derby, derrick, Dewey decimal system, diesel engine, Dionysian, doily, doozy, Doppler effect, draconian justice, dun, dunce
Days of the Week
37
1
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Drinks: Name Your Poison
38
4
Bloody Mary, martini, Gibson, margarita, Harvey Wallbanger, Tom Collins, rickey, mickey, Manhattan, Rob Roy, brandy Alexander, bourbon, grog, booze, hooch, Shirley Temple, Roy Rogers
E
42
5
echo, Effel Tower, Electra complex, Saint Elmo's fire, epicure, erotic, eustachian tube
F
47
7
Fahrenheit scale, fallopian tubes, Faustian, Ferris wheel, fink, Frankenstein, Freudian slip, man Friday, Frisbee, on the fritz, fudge, Fu Manchu mustache
Food: They Were What You Eat
54
7
fettuccine Alfredo, eggs Benedict, Caesar salad, chateaubriand, Dagwood sandwich, graham cracker, K rations, chicken a la king, mayonnaise, melba toast, peach melba, lobster Newburg, Reuben sandwich, Salisbury steak, sandwich, beef Stroganoff, beef Wellington, Bartlett pear, boysenberry, McIntosh apple, Baby Ruth, Hershey bar, Oh Henry!, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Three Musketeers, Tootsie Roll, praline
G
61
10
Gallup polls, galvanize, gargantuan, Lou Gehrig's disease, Geiger counter, let George do it, Geronimo!, gerrymander, Gibson girl, Rube Goldberg contraption, Goldwynism, Goody Two Shoes, Gordian knot, Gregorian chant, guillotine, guy
Guns
71
4
shrapnel, Colt revolver, derringer, minnie ball, Sharps buffalo gun, sharpshooter, Winchester 73, Gatling gun, gat, Maxim gun, Mauser rifle, M1-Garand, tommy gun
H-J
75
14
Halley's comet, John Hancock, Sadie Hawkins Day, Heimlich maneuver, Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, Heisman Trophy, herculean task, Hippocratic oath, Hobson's choice, hooligan, according to Hoyle, Immelmann turn, Jacobin, Jacob's ladder, Jekyll/Hyde personality, jeremiad, jezebel, patience of Job, jonah, keeping up with the Joneses, josh, jovial, Don Juan, Judas kiss, juggernaut
John and Jack
89
2
johnny-come-lately, johnny-on-the-spot, John Doe, John Barleycorn, Johnny Reb, John Q. Public, John Bull, john, Jack Frost, Jack Sprat, Jack Horner, Jack and Jill, jacks, jackpot, jack-in-the-box, jackstraw, jackrabbit, jackass, jackdaw, man jack, jackhammer, jackboot, jackknife, jacklight, jack-o'-lantern, crackerjack, flapjack
K
91
5
Kilroy was here, klieg light, Fort Knox, Levi's, Listerine, Lucullan feast, Luddite, lynch law
M
96
21
McCarthyism, real McCoy, McGuffey's readers, Mach number, Machiavellian, Mack truck, malapropism, Malthusian principle, martial, martinet, Typhoid Mary, masochism, Mason-Dixon line, Mason jar, Mata Hari, maudlin, mausoleum, maverick, Mendel's laws, mentor, mercurial, mesmerize, old as Methuselah, Midas touch, Mobius strip, Molotov cocktail, monkey wrench, Montezuma's revenge, morphine, Morris chair, Morse code, Mother Goose rhymes, Murphy's law
Months of the Year
117
2
January, March, May, June, July, August
N
119
4
namby-pamby, nemesis, nerd, nicotine, Nobel prize
O
123
6
Occam's razor, ocean, odyssey, Oedipus complex, ogre, O. Henry ending, ohm, O.K., Oscars
P
129
15
panacea, pander, Pandora's box, Panglossian, panic, Pap test, paparazzi, Parkinson's law, Pascal's wager, pasteurization, Peck's bad boy, Dr. Pepper, Peter Principle, Petri dish, philippic, Phillips screw, platonic love, plutocracy, Pollyanna, pompadour, procrustean, protean, puckish, Pulitzer prize, Pullman car, Pyrrhic victory
Players: Four from Italy
144
2
pantaloons, pants, zany, harlequin, Punch-and-Judy, pleased as Punch
Q
146
3
Marquis of Queensberry rules, quisling, quixotic
R
149
6
Rhodes scholarships, Richter scale, life of Riley, ritzy, Robert's rules of order, quick as you can say Jack Robinson, Roget's thesaurus, Rorschach test, Rubik's cube
S
155
12
sadism, saturnine, saxophone, Great Scott!, scrooge, sequoia, shlemiel, sideburns, silhouette, Sisyphean labor, wisdom of Solomon, Sopwith Camel, sousaphone, spoonerism, Stetson, Stradivarius, Svengali
T
167
5
Taj Mahal, tantalize, tawdry, teddy bear, thespian, Tiffany glass, Tinkers to Evers to Chance, Tupperware party
A Brief Tome on Tom
172
2
Little Tommy Tucker, Tom the Piper's Son, Tommy Snooks, Tommy Littlemouse, Tommy Thumb, General Tom Thumb, doubting Thomas, Peeping Tom, tomfoolery, tomboy, tomcat, tom turkey, Tom, Dick, and Harry, Tommy Atkins, tommy, tommy gun, Tom Collins, tommyrot
U-Z
174
11
Uncle Sam, Uncle Tom, valentine, Venn diagram, Saint Vitus' dance, volcano, volt, Wassermann test, watt, Webster's dictionary, Wedgwood ware, Wellerism, Mae West jacket, zephyr, zeppelin
Collective Eponyms
185
10
amazon, apache dancer, assassin, banshee, beggar, bohemian, cannibal, cynic, dervish, Gothic, gyp, laconic, lesbian, lilliputian, Mohawk haircut, muse, Olympian, philistine, puritanical, pygmy, good Samaritan, Siamese twins, siren, slave, sodomy, Spartan, stoic, thug, titanic, young Turk, vandal, yahoo, Yankee, zealot
False Leads
195
6
blanket, bogus, cesarean section, charley horse, gadget, gaga, hooker, jerry-built, tin Lizzie, mammon, name is mud, palooka, round-robin, Jolly Roger, sirloin, lazy Susan, terry cloth
Bibliography
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Index
203