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Etymology
Culture
What’s in a name?
By Matt Purple
Language
2022’s worst words
By Dot Wordsworth
And Finally
When did brothers and sisters become ‘siblings’?
By Dot Wordsworth
Language
The dirty truth about ‘wash-up’
By Dot Wordsworth
Language
Do the England team play football, footer, footie – or soccer?
By Dot Wordsworth
Language
Critical thinking: the difference between ‘critique’ and ‘criticize’
By Dot Wordsworth
Many people have fallen upon petrichor as a favorite word
By Dot Wordsworth
What’s so great about ‘super’?
By Dot Wordsworth
How ‘ACAB’ links David Bowie and BLM
By Dot Wordsworth
Is it exotic to vibrate?
By Dot Wordsworth
The meaning of artichoke
By Dot Wordsworth
The concrete truth about ‘Formica’
By Dot Wordsworth
The strange language of this year
By Dot Wordsworth
Starting out in cyber
By Dot Wordsworth
Music
Is Billie Eilish really in shock over James Bond?
By Dot Wordsworth
Why must we ‘live with’ coronavirus?
By Dot Wordsworth
The Sex Worker of Babylon
By Dot Wordsworth
What does it mean to go ‘stir crazy’?
By Dot Wordsworth
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