Etymology
BALD CHAUVINISTS
When I think of the word chauvinism, I immediately associate it with sexism, although it can also refer to biased support for any group. Historically, it was linked to…
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MILK AND SUGAR
When the term seersucker was first mentioned in a 1722 historical magazine, it was written as sea sucker. Other…
FOR THE ONCE
Etymology is the study of the origin of words, and within this field, a nonce formation is a word…
HIGH WOOD
When the term oboe was initially coined in the late sixteenth century, it was spelled as hautboy. This spelling,…
LOW BASSOON
The term bassoon was first documented in English in a 1728 dictionary and gained popularity in the late eighteenth…
ANGELIC HORN
The English horn is a musical instrument that is neither English, nor shaped like a horn. So what gives? The woodwind…
FIELD CAMPAIGN
Thomas Hobbes' 1628 translation of The Peloponnesian War introduced the word campaign with a meaning of "plain", "field", or…
WELL-SPOKEN EUPHEMISMS
Ninety percent of English words starting with the letters eu- come from an Ancient Greek word for "good", and…
LOBSTER HEAT GIFT
The French dish Lobster Thermidor has an interesting origin story. It was first introduced in 1891 at Chez Marie,…