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Gobshite: or, strumpeth under the majis

Two items from the Saturday Evening Post, Autumn 1936

-Ed.

June 7, 2018
Filed under: Profanity, Specific Words
2 Comments

Book-throwing quote

Jed

June 6, 2018
Filed under: Funny, Quotations
0 Comments

heroin

Jed

June 4, 2018
Filed under: Etymology
1 Comment

Letter turns

Jed

June 1, 2018
Filed under: Letters, New-to-me Words
2 Comments

Guaranty/Guarantee

Is the -y version overly pretentious? Because if it is, I should start using it.

-Ed.

June 1, 2018
Filed under: Specific Words, Spelling/Orthography
1 Comment

One is not like Single

Give these idioms a big hand!

-Ed.

May 23, 2018
Filed under: Idioms
0 Comments

auncle, ommer, ontle: gender-neutral aunt/uncle term?

Jed

May 20, 2018
Filed under: Gender
10 Comments

Most uniquest

Jed

May 19, 2018
Filed under: Phrases, Usage
1 Comment

Boots up!

The OED didn't help, although I was surprised to learn that 'booty' (as in pirate) was probably not derived from 'boot' meaning profit (as in the phrase 'to boot'), at least not directly.

-Ed.

May 18, 2018
Filed under: Idioms, Specific Words
3 Comments

happy-making

Jed

May 17, 2018
Filed under: Specific Words
0 Comments
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