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Fact Check: Rumors Claim 'Alcohol' Originates from an Arabic Word for 'Body-Eating Spirit.' Here Are...
Snopes via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMx. Granger/Wikimedia Commons Claim: The origins of the word "alcohol" come from the Arabic term...
Here are 10 words that will be featured in the African American English Dictionary
TODAY via Yahoo News· 12 months agoPrecise definitions for “bussin,” “chitterlings” and “cakewalk” will be distributed to the world in...
Have you ever gotten ‘blotto’? It’s a common slang term only in WA, but what does it mean?
Tacoma News Tribune via AOL· 2 years agoDo you have any idea what that means? If you’re not a native of Washington state or haven’t lived...
Gag Me With a Spoon! The Weird Stories Behind Your Favorite '80s Idioms
First for Women via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe '80s was a time of excess: big hair, dramatic makeup, colorful clothes, and bold pop music...
Fact Check: Armchair Linguists Claim 'Nickelodeon' Means 'I Don't Care About God.' Here's What We...
Snopes via Yahoo News· 2 months agoTikTok user @AnimeBibleVerse, X user @AnimeBibleVerse, Google Inc., Public domain, via Wikimedia...
35 Witch Quotes to Help You Get in Touch With Your Magickal Side
Cosmopolitan via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhether you’re exploring witchcraft as a spiritual path or simply rewatching The Craft for the 12th...
The People Who Created Our Dictionary Have Been Largely Forgotten—Until Now
Town & Country via AOL· 7 months agoAn excerpt from Dictionary People investigates the story of amateurs collaborating alongside the...
Kum & Go Is Changing Its Name and You Know Why
THE DRIVE via Yahoo News· 4 months agoKum & Go Is Changing Its Name and You Know Why photo Gas station and convenience store chain Kum & Go will reportedly rebrand after being bought out in...
10 words and phrases that will confuse anyone who didn't grow up in Scotland
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMikhaila Friel in the Scottish countryside.Mikhaila Friel/Insider I was born and raised in Scotland....
Patrick Hanks, lexicographer who illuminated the history of rude words and surnames – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoPatrick Hanks, who has died aged 83, was a lexicographer, corpus linguist and onomastician, one who...