The first usage of the term dates back to the New York Times in 1971
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Only now I discover my assumptions about that phrase were wrong
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I fear gaslight is dangerously close to meaning ‘disagree with us’ or ‘suggest that we are mistaken’
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The football tactic is also known as the genuflect offense
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Ben Jonson spelt it vorloff in recognition of its Dutch origin
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‘Housewife’ meaning ‘woman in charge of a household’ was also sometimes pronounced ‘husif’. By the 16th century it was worn down to ‘hussy’
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Digging up reliable etymologies takes a lot of elbow grease
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Like ‘television’, ‘pansexuality’ is a bastard form, founded half on a Greek word and half on a Latin one
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With some surprise I found reset has been in use since the early 17th century
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It started off by displaying what is called the adverbial genitive
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People prefer memorable tales, especially those involving acronyms, to the truth
By Dot Wordsworth
The variousness of dogs has ever been a leitmotif of dictionary discussions
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