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A lighthearted study of more than five hundred colorful interjections explores the origins of these unique words and phrases and their colorful role in the English language, featuring such useful verbiage as Homer Simpson's ""D'oh!"" and Archimedes's ""Eureka!""--all accompanied by hilarious cartoons by creator of usch comics as.

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Mark Dunn is a lifelong word lover and the author of Ella Minnow Pea (nominee for Book Sense Adult Fiction Book of the Year, and winner of the Borders Original Voices Awards for fiction), Welcome to Higby (short listed by Publishers Weekly as one of the best novels of the year), and Ibid: A Life. He makes his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Sergio Aragones is a legendary contributor to Mad Magazine, where his work has appeared in every issue since 1963. His cartooning talents can also be seen in his bestselling comics, including ""Groo the Wanderer,"" ""Louder than Words,"" and ""Boogeyman"". He lives and works in Ojai, California.

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