The fall's hottest political booksThe season's political books include 'What Happened,' a memoir by Hillary Clinton, and 'You Can't Spell America Without Me,' a parody by Alec Baldwin. 10 cool books for fallFrom Dan Brown to Stephen King to Alice Waters, the fall books season is stuffed with big names.
Derived terms. The word buff meaning enthusiast or expert (US English) derives from the colour buff, specifically from the buff-coloured uniform facings of 19th-century New York City volunteer firemen, who inspired partisan followers among particularly keen fire-watchers.
Your attention-grabbing friend might be one who goes through life imagining it's a movie starring her. Starring means being the main character in a movie or play. Starring is an adjective that's used when someone's at the center of things, like a concert starring a famous cellist. The Greek word aster became the English word star, which was first used to mean to be featured in a play in the 1820s.