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Welcome to the Wordorigins discussion forums. The purpose of these forums is to answer questions and conduct discussion regarding word and phrase origins and about the English language writ large.
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Achievement Unlocked
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BL: tidy
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BL: terrific
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BL: boondocks
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Orality/Literacy
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https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5783255-americans-decline-in-reading/ A little off topic to Word Origins, but the underlying ramifications would certainly have a negative influence...
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BL: speed
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BL: synergy
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From the theology of divine grace, to physiology, to racehorses, and Madame Chiang Kai-shek https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/synergy
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BL: sophisticated
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kayducer
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Someone on social media said: <<"I'm watching The Sting, and Paul Newman just pronounced "conductor" as "conducer," and no one said anything? They just let that be in...
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BL: tawdry
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https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/tawdry
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BL: Oregon
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Somehow I missed this one when I was updating the list of states a while back https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/oregon
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Miniature/Mini
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I read a transcript from a podcast on language. What perplexed me was what Jess Zafarris, a writer, Unearthing the Darkest Secrets of English Etymology, and podcaster, submitted: But the original...
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BL: on the lam
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BL: weaponize / weaponized
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BL: boycott
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BL: vampire
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Creatures of the Night, Part 3
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BL: notorious
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BL: hurricane
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BL: poutine
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I could feel my arteries harden as I wrote this https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/poutine-pudding
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BL: laneway / laneway house
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BL: Turtle Island
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BL: arch
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BL: dirigible
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BL: sapphire
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BL: airship
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