I love the smell of napalm in the morning, lmao
October surprise From the archives, published four years ago #etymology#wordoriginswww.wordorigins.org/big-list-ent...
And what is the pedagogical value of a "leather or leather-like" binding? The only purpose that serves that I can see is to exclude vendors from the process. This is grift, plain and simple.
Strontium: Giving a new and darker meaning to “fairy dust” #etymology#wordorigins
4 October 2024 Strontium is a chemical element with atomic number 38 and the symbol Sr . It is a highly reactive, soft, silver-white/yellowish metal. The isotopes found in strontium ores are all s...
Was William Blake a self-professed “ass” or an “arse”? #etymology#wordorigins
2 October 2024 An ass is domesticated equine , Equus asinus , otherwise known as a donkey . But an ass , or arse , can also refer to the human buttocks. These are two distinct words that happen ...
