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Lexicolumn: This week's space reserved for creation of words
[Chicago Final Edition]
Chicago Tribune - Chicago, Ill.
Author: Nathan Bierma, Special to the Tribune
Date: Apr 26, 2006
Start Page: 2
Section: Tempo
Text Word Count: 608
Abstract (Document Summary)

For his winning words, [Don Marsch] receives a copy of "Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins" by Michael Quinion (Smithsonian Books, 280 pages).

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