Occupation author Movies Sputnik Mania Education Wesleyan University | Role Writer Name Paul Dickson | |
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U.S. Military,
word origins and slang Notable works The Bonus Army, Labels for Locals, War Slang People also search for Benjamin Franklin, Gillian Brown Books Authorisms: Words Wrought, Sputnik, The Bonus Army, War slang, The new Dickson baseball | ||
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Paul Dickson (born 1939 in Yonkers, New York) is a freelance writer of more than 65 non-fiction books, mostly on American English language and popular culture. He has written many articles on a wide variety of subjects, including baseball and the military.
He is a founding member and former president of Washington Independent Writers and a member of the National Press Club. Dickson coined the term "word word".
For his published work on baseball, The Washington Post has described Dickson as "baseball's answer to Noah Webster or, at the very least, William Safire." In May 1979, he appeared on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson to promote his book The Official Rules, which detailed the history of Murphy's Law and similar aphorisms. Carson and Dickson spent time sharing similar sayings that they enjoyed.
Dickson graduated from Wesleyan University in 1961. He resides in Garrett Park, Maryland.