Balderdash & Piffle: One Sandwich Short of a Dog's Dinner

Balderdash & Piffle: One Sandwich Short of a Dog''s Dinner is a thrilling ride through the provocative, bewildering and often downright bizarre world of language and etymology. From the brash jargon of celebrity magazines to the delicacies and feints of the euphemism, author and word-sleuth Alex Games has uncovered the remarkable stories that lie behind some of our best-loved words and expressions...