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2008-11-07 etymology>knock it off: Hello, I hope you're having a fine week. There are two popular etymologies for "knock it off: One is that it derived from a standard order in the days when galleys were rowed to the rhythm...
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2008-11-05 idiom: Hello, I hope you're having a fine week, The expression 'pedal to the metal' surfaced about 25-30 years ago and, according to my best sources, first appeared on American television, most likely...
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2008-11-04 Etymology: Hello, I hope you're having a fine week, Yes, 'dowitcher' is from the Iroquoian word 'tawistawis' meaning 'snipe'. As you probably know, the dowitcher is a wading bird of the genus Limnodromus (from...
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2008-09-16 "Performance" and "Person": Hello, I hope you're having a fine week, The word 'persone' surfaced in English in about 1200 and was borrowed from the Old French 'persone, persoune' meaning human being, parson or priest. It descended...
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2008-09-12 old bean: Hello, I hope you've had a fine week, Calling someone an 'old bean' is an affectionate term usually spoken by one male to another and meaning 'old friend', 'good fellow', 'good chap'. The expression...
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