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The Story Behind 5 of the Weirdest Words in the English Language
Woman's World via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHave you ever wondered where all the weird words in English come from? For example, when someone...
10 Words Added To First Oxford Dictionary Of African American English
VIBE via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA first-of-its-kind dictionary is coming to the world that’s comprised of words created, defined,...
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....
'Y'all,' that most Southern of Southernisms, is going mainstream – and it's about time
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA sign encourages people to vote in Charlotte, N.C., ahead of the 2022 U.S. midterm elections. Sean...
Patrick Hanks, lexicographer who illuminated the history of rude words and surnames – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months agoPatrick Hanks, who has died aged 83, was a lexicographer, corpus linguist and onomastician, one who...
How a Harvard Grad Went Viral for Inventing a Dolphin Language
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 10 months agoJustin SullivanThere are a lot of words that can be used to describe Adam Aleksic: frenetic,...
Fact Check: A List of Idioms for 'It's Raining Cats and Dogs' in Different Languages Contains...
Snopes via Yahoo News· 2 months agoX user @AdamCSharp Claim: A post shared on X correctly listed idioms indicating heavy rain in...
Bookstore Owners Recommend The Books That Make The Most Foolproof Gifts
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 6 months ago"Big Swiss" by Jen Beagin, Mark Forsyth's "The Illustrated Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through...
Do you know the difference between ‘codger’ and ‘cadger’?
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIf you’re lucky enough to have studied the languages, literatures and cultures of central Europe,...
Where Did The Word 'Whiskey' Actually Come From?
Tasting Table via Yahoo News· 4 months agoscotch glass on riverbank - barmalini/Shutterstock Etymology can tell us a lot about where everyday things come from. Whiskey is an interesting one...