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Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- 1. PRELIMINARY -- 2. THE UNIQUE POETIC WORDS -- 3. THE EXCLUSIVELY POETIC WORDS -- 4. THE LIMITED POETIC WORDS -- 5. NEARLY POETIC WORDS -- 6. PARTLY POETIC WORDS -- 7. CONCLUSIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF WORDS CITED

Have you ever aspired to gain linguistic immortality by making up a word? Many people -- such famous writers as Jonathan Swift, Lewis Carroll, and Dr. Seuss, along with many lesser-knowns -- have coined new words that have endured. But most of the new words people put forward fail to find favor. Why are some new words adopted, while others are ignored? Allan Metcalf explores this question in his fascinating look at new-word creation.In surveyi...

Drawing on a wide variety of sources, Metcalf examines both how the presidents have spoken to the American public and how the American public has wanted its presidents to speak.