One of the biggest questions English language experts have pursued is how English came to have the phrase OK.Though it is one of the most commonly used expressions,its exact beginning is a puzzle even to this day.Even its spelling is not entirely consistent-unless you spell it Okay,it is ...
How did 'snake-oil salesman' become a term for a swindler? How was 'asshat' formed? Today we're getting into the intricacies of vulgarities.
Though it is one of the most commonly used expressions, its exact beginning is a puzzle even to this day. Even its spelling is not entirely consistent-unless you spell it Okay, it is hard even to call it a word. Etymologists have been able to narrow OK’s origin down to a likely,...
language experts have pursued is how English came to have the phrase OK. Though it is one of the most commonly used expressions, its exact beginning is a puzzle even to this day. Even its spelling is not entirely consistent-unless you spell it Okay, it is hard even to call it a word...
The latest okay slang word among sports in the Maryland Air National Guard is “zilch,” which means “nothing.” The Evening Sun (Baltimore), July 5, 1954, page 27. I posted a more thorough look at the origin of "Joe Zilch" and "zilch" on my Early Sports 'N Pop-Culture History ...
language experts have pursued is how English came to have the phrase OK.Though it is one of the most commonly used expressions,its exact beginning is a puzzle even to this day.Even its spelling is not entirely consistent--unless you spell it Okay,it is hard even to call it a word.Etym...
Etymology,the study of words and word roots,may sound like the kind of thing done by boring librarians in small,dusty rooms.Yet etymologists actually have a uniquely interesting job.They are in many ways just like archaeologists digging up the physical history of people and events.The special...
Okay, so the word didn't come to us from an acronym; where did it come from then? According to thealt.usage.englishFAQ: [Fuck] is a very old word, recorded in English since the 15th century (few acronyms predate the 20th century), with cognates in other Germanic languages.TheRandomHou...
Etymology,the study of words and word roots,may sound like the kind of thing done by boring librarians in small,dusty rooms.Yet etymologists actually have a uniquely interesting job.They are in many ways just like archaeologists(考古学家) digging up the physical history of people and events....
Choctawokeh"it is so" (a theory which lacks historical documentation); this spelling was ousted quickly byokayafter the appearance of that form in 1929. Greek immigrants to America who returned home early 20c. having picked up U.S. speech mannerisms were known in Greece asokay-boys, among ...