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May
17
answered Chuffed - happy or unhappy?
May
17
answered Where does the phrase “fair do's/dues/doos/does” come from?
May
16
answered How did the term “to favor” come to signify a limp?
May
13
answered What's the origin of the figure of speech “call the shots”?
May
12
answered Provenance of 'deprecated' (in the programming sense)
May
2
answered What is the origin of the idiom “like pulling teeth”?
May
2
answered When could you take the “Urban Dictionary” seriously?
Apr
29
answered When did “Easter egg” begin to mean “hidden feature”?
Apr
28
answered Origin of “cracked the shits”
Apr
27
answered Where does the term “Scandihoovian” come from?
Apr
26
answered What is “plaice” in the US? Would love a good fish and chips
Apr
26
answered Origin of “canoodle”
Apr
26
answered Why do we “chalk it up” to something (or someone)?
Apr
24
answered To give someone the 411
Apr
22
answered Does the use of “port” for one side of ship relate to the word “port” meaning harbour?
Apr
22
answered Is “to” inclusive in “I worked at company X from April 2012 to April 2013”?
Apr
22
answered “Make it so!” - where does it come from, how does it “feel” for native speakers?
Apr
22
answered Where can I find a reasonably well recognized free style guide that is online?
Apr
22
answered “Home page” or “homepage”?
Apr
21
answered “Disappear” as a transitive verb