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French Fancificaton
One of my happiest (and weirdest) memories from all of middle school comes from Mrs.
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No Offense
No offense intended, but that is one ugly baby you’ve got there!
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Jackin' Jills
If your mind immediately went to the gutter when you read today’s title, you are certainly not alone.
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Just the Facts
Joe Friday was a no-nonsense detective on the TV show Dragnet. I remember watching reruns while growing up, and admiring the way his unflappable…
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Thee Word You
Come with me to think about thee.
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Materiow World
Go and listen carefully to Madonna’s Material World.
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Janus Words
Many of the Roman gods weren’t exact clones of Greek gods, but they were more or less one to one matches.
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Marsupial Words
Some words are embedded right there inside other words, just like the word bed in embedded.
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The Etymology of Etymology
I wasn’t always obsessed with the origins of words. Growing up, it was fun to play with letters and words, but finding out where they had come from felt…
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Umbalella!
It’s December of 1986.
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On My Behalf
The word behalf traces to Old English, where it was behealf.
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A Cone Ocean Canoe
Take all the letters in the word silent, rearrange them, and you can come up with the word listen. Similarly, earth can become heart, and whenever…
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