Etymology
TEACHING DOCTORS
Have you ever wondered why individuals with non-medical degrees are referred to as doctors? This question sparked my curiosity and led me on a fascinating journey through history. The…
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Can ‘difficult’ be a verb?
Q: In an old account of a Scottish broadsword match, the use of “difficult” as a verb was found to…
RED RIVERS AND GREAT ROCKS
The history of Wisconsin dates back centuries before it became an organized territory in 1836 and an official state…
AGAIN OUT TO SHAKE
The term rescue dates back to an early fourteenth-century tale about a knight who had to perform noble deeds…
EXPLOSIVE APPLAUSE
When the term explode was first introduced into the English language in the 1530s, it originally meant to "bitterly…
FISHY RIVALS
The term "rival" has an interesting etymology. In fifteenth-century English, it was used to refer to a "shore" or…
RECLINING INCUMBENTS
The term incumbent was adopted in the 15th century from the Medieval Latin present active participle incumbens, which denoted…
PULLING OUT ALL THE KNOBS
I find great joy in using the expression pulling out all the stops. It's a delightful and optimistic way…
BIASED HYPOTENUSE
When the term bias was first introduced in the English language during the early-to-mid sixteenth century, it initially referred…