Books by Kathryn Petras
Awkword Moments
A compendium of 100 words and phrases smart people use--even if they only kinda sorta (secretly don't) know what they mean--with pithy definitions and fascinating etymologies to solidify their meanings.
That Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means
An entertaining and informative guide to the most common 150 words even smart people use incorrectly, along with pithy forays into their fascinating etymologies and tangled histories of use and misuse.
You're Saying It Wrong
For word nerds and grammar geeks, a pithy guide to the most commonly mispronounced words, along with their correct pronunciations and forays into their fascinating etymologies and histories of use and misuse.