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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...
Animal idioms we can't resist: Why do we say ‘cat got your tongue’ and other popular phrases?
Fox News via Yahoo News· 1 month agoEver wondered where popular phrases come from? Here are three favorite sayings with interesting...
17 Things Americans Say That Non-Americans Hate
HuffPost Life via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThere are 171,476 words in current use in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. If you’re learning English for the first...
The Curious Past and Lasting Importance of Yule
Nerdist via Yahoo News· 1 year ago“Yule” is an oft-used word during this festive season. The classic Christmas tune “Deck the Halls” gushes about “yuletide carols.” YouTube Yule logs...
Go Big or Go Home
AV Network via Yahoo News· 10 months agoMessianic Vision Neoti dvLED It is rumored among the interwebs that the idiom “go big or go home” was conceived in the 1990s by a Southern California...
Letter to the Editor: Headline, photo pairing was racist, offensive
The Monroe News via Yahoo News· 4 months agoOn Jan. 9, The Monroe News published a news article with the headline: “Monroe, Bedford rip monkeys...
Why do we say 'break a leg' and other popular expressions? Here are 3 fun origin stories
Fox News via Yahoo News· 1 month agoSome of the most popular metaphoric sayings used in everyday conversations have known histories that...
Words Tennesseans say that are unique to Tennessee
WKRN articles via Yahoo News· 7 months agoNASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Cattywampus? Honky Tonk? Goo Goos? There are plenty of words unique to Tennessee that can leave others scratching their heads....
35 Funny Names for the Toilet—Including the Loo, Dunny & Bog
Parade via AOL· 6 months agoToilet in a bathroom When you've gotta go, you've gotta go. But what do you call the destination?...
I spent a year living in Sydney and these are the Australian slang words I've permanently added to...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoI picked up quite a few slang words during my time in Australia.Brook Attakorn/Getty Images I spent...
