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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 …
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…
Alison Griswold
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…
Skye Gould
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
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
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
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…
Steven Benna,Skye Gould
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…
Gina Echevarria,Nathaniel Lee
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…
Paul Szoldra
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…
Mike Nudelman
The Real Stories Behind 7 Everyday Expressions
It does not seem very difficult (at all events, for a sailor) to associate extortionate disbursemen…
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 …
Christina Sterbenz
The Real Stories Behind 7 Everyday Expressions
It does not seem very difficult (at all events, for a sailor) to associate extortionate disbursemen…
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…
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…
Mark Abadi
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…
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…
Michael Kelley
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…
Here's What 'OK' Really Means
One theory claims OK abbreviates "oll korrect," a bastardized spelling much like N.C. for "nuff ced…