Christmas Elves & Pooping Birds – Where do Christmas Traditions Come From?
It’s almost Christmas so there’s no better time of the year to have a look at the words we use once a year with abandon. From Eggnog to Kris…
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It’s almost Christmas so there’s no better time of the year to have a look at the words we use once a year with abandon. From Eggnog to Kris…
When was the last time you said or heard someone say “Peeping Tom”? Chances are, it has been a while. Same with me. Yet, I know the term, as I’m…
I was talking to my mum not long ago and mentioned that one of my cousins is a leftie. Mum was shocked. “Has she tried using her right hand?” she…
Just in case you’re wondering, I have a real weak spot for curiosities and curious people – you know, people who behave irrationally, rule breakers and general riff raff. I’m…
We’ve heard the word, Catfishing, and doesn’t it feel like it’s been part of the zeitgeist forever? But Catfishing, as it’s used in popular culture, is a relatively new term,…
What is up with the word Tomboy? Is it even politically correct to say it anymore? Without turning this into a gender studies episode, we’re going to learn where the…
Serendipity: An aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident. Good fortune; luck: “What serendipity—she got the first job she applied for!” @dictionarycom serendipity (n.) 1754 (but rare before 20c.), coined…
Since the 2016 election that gave Donald Trump a platform, not to mention the presidency, the word has been everywhere. But what does it mean? Where does gaslight come from?…
When you think of quarantine, what comes to mind? Leper colonies of the past? Two weeks to flatten the curve? A hundred years ago, when leprosy was considered a public…