目錄
1 Ace為什麼叫尖子？
2 Nylon 的來曆
3 GoFifty-fifty是個什麼意思?
4 Hi 和 How Are You
5 Time is Money
6 Shanghai不僅是地名
7 l美元為什麼叫 Buck?
8 Fat一詞趣談
9 Hot Dog 的來曆
10 Oscar Award 趣聞
11 Kangaroo 是什麼？
12 T-shirt and Tea
13 Fan 與球迷
14 AUGreektoMe
l5 What is GOF?
l6 Keeping Up with the Joneses
l7 What is Chinaman's Chance?
18 What is No Jaywalking?
19 What is FX?
20 LoseFace是丟臉嗎？
21 Bogus (冒牌貨)趣聞
22 Coffee（來曆趣談）
23 你知道 Daik Horee的來曆嗎?
24 What ia Doggy Bag?
25 Bikini 來自核試驗
26 Tlie Story of Radar
27 Sucker 的趣談
28 人人喜歡的Weekday
29 LongTimeNoSee對嗎?
30 GoldBrick趣聞
31 High Way 趣談
32 Chopstick 趣聞
33 News 一詞趣談
34 Grapevine 與小道消息
35 What is Prime Time?
36 What is Stray BuUet?
37 Sliniming減肥
38 What is Free?
39 Flashotaxis 和 Riototaxis
40 What is Pusher?
41 TnieHeUYouSay是什麼意思?
42 Number One
43 Smoking趣談
44 Gas趣聞
45 Get Off the Rails 與越軌
46 Bad Egg 和 Good Egg
47 What is VlP?
48 Leisure與閑適
49 Sugar趣談
50 為什麼西方人不喜歡 White Elephant?
51 Nonsense隻能譯成鬍說八道嗎?
52 GettheSack 與“炒魷魚
53 What is "You Can Say lliat Again"?
54 Stewardess 的來曆
55 卡拉OK的“OK
56 Cracker 和 Biscuit
57 登月計劃為何叫 ApoUo?
58 What is Birthday Suit?
59 Renting a Car
60 Whisky ifP Whiskey
61 Go West的來曆
62 Hand 和 Glove
63 April Fool 趣談
64 Com 和“庸俗語言
65 BuU Maiket iff Bear Maiket
66 Esperanto原來是筆名
67 Horee Opera 與西部片
68 Bunk與廢話
69 What is a Reader in Geography?
70 Pirate和“老刀牌”香煙
71 lce Sucker 與“冰棍兒”
72 ThankYou難迴答
73 What is ZlP?
74 Mickey Mouse 的來曆
75 HijacK與動機
76 Wash One's Hands 趣談
77 Robot的來曆
78 Blind Alley 和死鬍同
79 Appendix是多餘的呢？
80 Champagne 原是地名
81 Taxi 應譯“計程車”
82 Bum One's Boats 與破釜沉舟
83 Beer 趣談
84 Atom一詞的由來
85 Kiss-me-quick是花名
86 "Whatblt" 是什麼東西?
87 Patent 的典故
88 You Are a Lucky Dog
89 Restaurant 和 Kitchen
90 Bike 的其它叫法
9! Comrade一詞的來曆
92 Cold 與感冒
93 Bom Yesteiday 與乳未乾
94 Where's the Beef?
95 What is LSD?
96 Nicotme原來是人名
97 Smoke 趣談
98 Channel 和 Canal
99 SharpCat是什麼貓?
100 What is Casde in the Air?
101 Milky Way是牛奶路嗎？
102 l Have Two Sistere 為何譯成“我有三姐妹”？
lO3 What is A-Okay?
104 Hot Line 的灰曆
105 Humour一詞探源
106 Hello 的來曆趣談
l07 What is Blitz?
lO8 Polarize 趣談
lO9 Chess是什麼棋?
101 Ping-pong 是個商標
111 DonkeyWork趣談
112 What is Coupon?
113 January原來是門神
114 What is " Count Down" ?
115 AU Systems Go 趣談
116 Madam一詞趣談
117 Somebody 和 Nobody
118 Waste 和 Trash
119 What is the Sunbelt?
120 Vitamine 趣談
121 Goodbye是怎麼來的?
122 Calendari原是“討債本”
123 Sofa 和 Annchair
124 What is Yellow Press?
l25 HoneyMoon的來曆
126 Who is Miss Moral?
127 OntheHoree與上馬
l28 Draught 趣談和摩登
129 Modem 和摩登
130 Eat One's Woids 趣談
131 God Knows 趣談
132 Goodldea 的妙用
133 Ciy Wolf 與狼來瞭
134 What is Old Stoiy?
135 To Die Haid 趣談
136 Tnirow Cold Water on 與潑冷水
137 Day-dream 趣談
138 Christmas Caid的來曆
139 What is Godown?
140 What is Kungfu?
141 What is Punch?
142 Philadelphia Lawyer 趣談
143 Jgging 風靡美國
144 Pandora'sBox與災難
145 Millennium Bug 趣談
146 Delicious 與“蛇果”
147 Breakfast 趣談
148 Tlie Customer is the King
149 What is Smog?
150 Whatls亡車鎖庫?
151 TurkeyDinner是土耳其大餐嗎?
152 萬能動詞“Fix”
153 What is Red ink?
154 KnowHow趣談
155 For Sale
156 What is Wire Tapping?
157 HaveaBite是咬人嗎?
158 Bara 與坐牢
159 What is Noel?
160 What is Supennaiket?
161 What is Kung Hei Fat Choy?
162 Who invented lce Cream?
163 Bar原是橫木
164 Shampoo一詞的來曆
165 What is Tip?
166 Dixie與十美元
167 Yankee Doodle 趣談
168 What is Bazar?
169 Big Sellere 和 Best SeUere
170 What is El Nino?
171 What is Carat?
172 What is Bug?
173 Number One 趣談
174 High on the Hog 趣談
175 WhatIs“英特納雄納爾”？
176 What is the Historian's Trap?
177 Mini 一詞趣談
178 Who is Uncle Sam?
179 Science 一詞由來
180 What is Good for Nothing?
181 What is Cineplex?
182 What is Bar Code?
183 Money原是“警告”
184 What is Clone?
185 Laser 一詞的由來
186 Jeep一詞的誕生
187 What is A B C?
188 What is Junk Bonds?
189 What is Pie?
190 Quaik一詞的由來
191 What is OPM?
192 Love Apple 是何物?
193 Toilet 趣談
194 Calculate 一詞趣談
195 What is Flea MaAet?
196 Dink 一詞趣談
197 Bankcrupt一詞的來曆
198 What is "Alumni"?
199 Bank一詞的來曆趣談
200 What is Mass Line-up?
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