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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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RAGMAN ROLL
The term rigmarole refers to long, convoluted stories or procedures and originates from the Kentish colloquial alteration of the Middle English…
UTHMAN EMPIRE
The term ottoman can refer to a type of footstool, a style of silk, or (when capitalized) to the…
SANDY ARENA
Today, the term arena now refers to any venue surrounded by seating for spectators. However, its original usage was specific…
FLAME-INGO
The term flamingo was initially documented in a 1589 report of English discoveries, spelled as flemengo. This closely resembles…
RIGHT MONKEYS
When the term monkey was introduced into the English language in the 1530s, there was a lack of consistency…
The Grammarphobia Blog: Keep your pecker up
Q: In Confusion (1993), a novel set in the early ’40s and part of her “Cazalet Chronicle,” Elizabeth Jane Howard uses…
RAPID RAPTORS
Today's discussion centers around the Latin verb rapere, which denoted "seize" or "carry off". The past participle, raptus, has left a…
DECEASED DASH
The word deadline in the sense that we know it today first emerged in early twentieth-century newspaper slang. It's…