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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FRANCES HILL
In American English, fanny is a relatively innocent word for "buttocks", but in British English, it can serve as a much…
PATHETIC MUSIC
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It may come as a surprise, but the word poop has multiple meanings that are not related at all.…
A DANGEROUS INSTRUMENT
A sackbut was a type of unconventional trombone that was popular from the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries. The person who plays…
BEFORE THE TEMPLE
The term profane originated in English during the mid-fifteenth century as prophane, denoting things that were deemed unholy, unclean, or…
CROSS OUT
When the word cancel was first introduced into the English language in the late fourteenth century, it had a literal…
BEASTS AND CUBES
Fauvism was a modern art movement in France in the early 1900s characterized by unusual colors and strong brush strokes.…
OLD CAMEL
The Zoroastrian religion was named after its prophet Zoroaster, or Zarathustra in the original Avestan. A cultural influence from Richard…