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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The British Overseas Territory known as South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands has a fascinating history. South Georgia was…
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NUMB FISH
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ATTIC ATTICS
In Ancient Greek architecture, the attic was the façade on the top of a building, just above the columns and below…
BAROQUE SHELLWORK
The term Rococo was first introduced into the English language in the 1830s, referring to the artistic style that…
EARTH DWELLER
The term gnome made its first appearance in English in Alexander Pope's 1714 narrative poem The Rape of the…
CYBER-PILOT
The term cybernetics was first introduced as the title of a book in 1948 by American mathematician Norbert Wiener.…
GPT-3
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