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1. etymology

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Folk Etymologies - The New Inquiry
Bridegrooms, Bonfires, and Woodchucks: Folk Etymologies in English - ThoughtCo
The Journey of the Word “Artichoke” Shows Folk Etymology at Its Most Creative - Tikvah Ideas
An etymological plague of frogs - OUPblog
Some well-known etymologies are too good to be true - The Economist
In a Word: A Crayfish Is Not a Fish - The Saturday Evening Post
‘Woolgathering’ and other not-so-idle pursuits - The Christian Science Monitor
Crackers - New Georgia Encyclopedia
What the ‘trolly-lolly’ of gibberish means for language - Aeon
5 More Russian Words With Unexpected Origins - Университет ИТМО
Words of the Year, Pt. II - Washington Examiner
A Word, Please: Are you longing to lounge on a chaise longue? - Los Angeles Times
Word Origins the Internet Got Completely Wrong - Snopes
Monthly etymology gleanings for May 2012, part 1 - OUPblog
What it means to 'root' for the home team - The Christian Science Monitor
In a Word: Minting Money - The Saturday Evening Post
A Word, Please: Grammar blunders that have crept into regular English usage - Los Angeles Times
Etymology gleanings for July 2018 - OUPblog
In a Word: Jesus Was Born in a Penthouse - The Saturday Evening Post
In a Word: Groundhog, Meet the Woodchuck - The Saturday Evening Post
The Oxford Etymologist waxes emotional: a few rambling remarks on fear - OUPblog
‘Kangaroo court’ has a peculiarly American past - The Christian Science Monitor
Etymologists at War with a Flower: Foxglove - OUPblog
What's Good About Good Friday? - Snopes
7 Words in English You Didn’t Know Came From Polish - Culture.pl
Language Matters | How the word ‘suffragette’ came about - South China Morning Post
Children's Game 'Tag' Stands for 'Touch and Go'? - Snopes
Navigator: The Etymology of Jaywalking - Bloomberg
The Very First Written Use of the F Word in English (1528) - Open Culture
20 Fall Harvest Words and Their Origins - Mental Floss
Penultimate ’24 World Surf League Broadcaster Power Rankings - BeachGrit.com
BTS named their new album Arirang. What is so striking about their choice? - The Guardian
Did the Phrase 'a Shot of Whiskey' Originate in the Old West? - Snopes
Why Do We Say ‘Love’ In Tennis? The Answer’s More Complicated Than You Think - HuffPost UK
‘Wop’ Doesn’t Mean What Andrew Cuomo Thinks It Means - The Atlantic
Word of the Week: Duffer. Everyone should know a bit of golf terminology - The Berkshire Eagle
The birth of bonza: there's a marble, a head and some Kiwi kids - SMH.com.au
The Surprising Stories Behind 50 Country Names - 24/7 Wall St.
There’s nothing rude about the word ‘titbit’ - The Spectator Australia
What Is the History of the Anti-Mexican Slur 'Greaser'? - OC Weekly
Prepare to question everything you thought you knew about Australian English - Crikey
SAY WHA? - The Washington Post
What it means to be ‘Flip’ - Inquirer.net
JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE: A COLORFUL HISTORY AND VARIETY OF USE (Published 1981) - The New York Times
Ring a Ring o Roses nursery rhyme has seriously dark meaning behind it - LADbible
Foreign Language Equivalents
Foreign Language Equivalents of 'folk etymology'
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Misspellings - Typos
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Words Starting with Letter - 'A'
a a battery a billion
a bit a bit much a capella singing
a cappella singing a couple of a few
a fortiori a good deal a great deal
a horizon a hundred a hundred and one
a hundred thousand a hundred times a kempis
a la carte a la mode a level
a little a lot a million
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