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Oxford Dictionary marks the entry of 650 new words including an Indian word for underpants

The Indian English word for underpants, Chuddies, is among the 650 new words recently added to the …

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Here's How 15 Famous Companies Got Their Quirky Names

It's not something we think about often, but the names of many major companies that now seem famili…

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How 17 famous companies got their quirky names

Because of their success, these company names are very familiar to us, but most of them have hidden…

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9 Words With Totally Unexpected Origins

In 1880, P.T. Barnum bought an elephant, named "Jumbo," from the Royal Zoological Society in London…

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9 Words With Totally Unexpected Origins

In 1880, P.T. Barnum bought an elephant, named "Jumbo," from the Royal Zoological Society in London…

Christina Sterbenz   


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The Historical Origins Of 6 Swear Words

Unfortunately, we don't have much evidence of use in English, partly because the original Oxford En…

Christina Sterbenz   


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How 17 famous companies got their quirky names

Because of their success, these company names are very familiar to us, but most of them have hidden…

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Why Americans throw 'like' in the middle of sentences

The word "like" became one of the most widely abused words in the English language after one song s…

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This Cool Interactive Map Can Translate English Into More Than 30 European Languages

It's pretty cool to see how some words can be very similar across countries, while being dramatical…

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This Wonderful Map Shows What US States' Names Really Mean

All it takes is time and repetition to strip a word of its original meaning. Have you ever wondered…

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The Real Stories Behind 7 Everyday Expressions

It does not seem very difficult (at all events, for a sailor) to associate extortionate disbursemen…

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11 Racist And Offensive Phrases That People Still Use All The Time

"Gyp" or "gip" most likely evolved as a shortened version of "gypsy" - more correctly known as the …

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The Real Stories Behind 7 Everyday Expressions

It does not seem very difficult (at all events, for a sailor) to associate extortionate disbursemen…

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This Map Shows Which Countries Call It 'Football' And Which Call It 'Soccer'

"It's an abbreviation of association football. Both soccer and American football come from the same…

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These are the winning words from every National Spelling Bee since 1925

Scripps's list of "winning words" from previous competitions gives a glimpse at this evolution. Rel…

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Map Shows Which Countries Call It 'Football' And Which Call It 'Soccer'

"It's an abbreviation of association football. Both soccer and American football come from the same…

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These Fascinating Maps Show The Origin Of Words We Use All The Time

That quote comes to mind looking at these fascinating European etymology maps of various commons wo…

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Did you know that Japanese worship Hindu gods, teach Sanskrit in schools?

There are at least 20 Hindu deities that are regularly worshiped in Japan, even as some of them hav…

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Here's What 'OK' Really Means

One theory claims OK abbreviates "oll korrect," a bastardized spelling much like N.C. for "nuff ced…

Christina Sterbenz