Useless Etymology: Offbeat Word Origins for Curious Minds

Author:   Jess Zafarris
Publisher:   John Murray Press
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9781399809184


Pages:   336
Publication Date:   09 October 2025
Format:   Hardback
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Useless Etymology: Offbeat Word Origins for Curious Minds


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Author:   Jess Zafarris
Publisher:   John Murray Press
Imprint:   John Murray Publishers Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 13.60cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 19.60cm
Weight:   0.384kg
ISBN:  

9781399809184


ISBN 10:   1399809180
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   09 October 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Jess Zafarris is the author of the etymology books Words From Hell (Chambers, 2023) and Once Upon a Word (Rockridge Press 2020). Jess is an educational content creator and blogger who focuses on etymology and word-history-focused deep dives and explanations on her TikTok channel @jesszafarris and website uselessetymology.com. She also co-hosts the Words Unravelled podcast. She has appeared on podcasts including Dear Hank and John, Social Pros, Failing Writers, Yeah That's Probably an Ad, and Author2Author. Previously a content and engagement director, journalist, editor, and social media strategist responsible for developing multimedia content for brands, publishers and media outlets such as Adweek, Ragan Communications, Writer's Digest, and Script, Jess also contributed to the tabletop game League of the Lexicon and the Writer's Digest Daily Calendar 2020, and both her master's and undergraduate degrees focused on the development of English through literature, as well as journalism, anthropology and language studies.

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