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Tag Archives: word origins
Truly Colorful Idioms
Idioms are one of my favorite things to look up and discover their origins. Idioms are phrases or sayings which have an underlying and generally understood meaning apart from the literal words themselves. For instance, “dead as a doornail” or … Continue reading
Posted in Amazing Words Wednesday
Tagged Albert Jack, blackmail, caught red-handed, color phrases, English, etymology, green with envy, idiom etymology, idiom origin, idioms, in the pink, Julie Glover, language, once in a blue moon, origin of phrases, paint the town red, phrases, red herring, red-handed, Roni Loren, The Phrase Finder, tickled pink, white elephant, white knight, word origins, words, yellow-belly
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Where Did That Come From? Toponyms
On Amaze-ing Words Wednesday, we enter the sometimes confusing but always intriguing world of the English language. One of the curiosities of language is how words are created and evolve. The study of word origins is etymology, and today’s topic … Continue reading
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Tagged Author, etymology, fun with words, John Bemelmans Marciano, Julie Glover, language, toponymity, toponyms, word origins
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