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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A PATHETIC TREE TRUNK
Bollard is the somewhat comical term for those small posts used for traffic control on the sides of the…
MORe BADGERING
Last week, I delved into the origin of the verb to badger, tracing it back to a noun meaning "trader".…
MY LADY LISA
In the novel The Da Vinci Code, protagonist Robert Langdon mistakenly suggests that the Mona Lisa's name is an anagram…
MALE DUCK
A recent discussion explored the pejorative agent suffix -ard and its presence in various negative terms such as drunkard, coward,…
DECEASED FACE
I've always been curious about the origin of deadpanning (the act of delivering a humorous line with a straight…
LOVING ALOHA
As an uneducated mainland American, I've always assumed that the word aloha just means "hello" or "goodbye" in Hawaiian, but I recently…
FAKE GRASS
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SPORTS COLORS
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