Watching My Language: Adventures In The Word Trade

The Story

Before you scratch that seven-year-itch, you might want to know where it came from. And before someone blurts, 'You just don't get it,' perhaps you should consult the Pulitzer Prize-winning language columnist on the origins of that snappy feminist motto. In Watching My Language, William Safire investigates these questions and many others, including: What language was Bill Clinton speaking when he fumed, 'I want to put a fist halfway down their throats with this ... I.