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Paul McFedries is the president of Logophilia Limited, and he has written over 40 books that have sold nearly three million copies worldwide. These books include many titles in The Complete Idiot's Guide (R) series, including the first edition of The Complete Idiot's Guide (R) to Windows XP and the various editions of The Complete Idiot's Guide (R) to Creating a Web Page, as well as Special Edition Using JavaScript. Paul is also the proprietor of Word Spy (www.WordSpy.com), a website and blog devoted to recently coined words and phrases, and to old words that are being used in new ways. Word Spy generates over a million page views each month, has won numerous awards, and has been mentioned or featured in such august publications as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, and the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin (don't ask). Paul lives in Toronto with his wife, Karen, and their dog, Gypsy.