Here you’ll find various interesting facts, mind maps, word comparisons, and other helpful posts that can help you improve your English.
- 21/05/26: Why cashmere is connected to Kashmir
- 21/05/26: How “go to pot” got its meaning
- 21/05/26: Retronyms: why English created terms like analog watch and snail mail
- 21/05/26: Climactic vs. climatic: what is the difference?
- 21/05/26: Graffito and graffiti: singular, plural, and modern use
- 21/05/26: What “cut to the chase” means, and where it came from
- 21/05/26: The origin of “left in the lurch”
- 21/05/26: The origin of “in the doldrums”
- 20/05/26: What “cut and run” means, and where it came from
- 20/05/26: Why we say “dead as a doornail”
- 20/05/26: What English calls words like “easy peasy”
- 20/05/26: Censor vs. censure: what is the difference?
- 20/05/26: Where “go belly up” comes from, and how we use it now
- 20/05/26: What “cut and dried” means, and where it probably came from
- 20/05/26: Why mocha is named after the port city of Mokha in Yemen
- 19/05/26: Why “above board” means honest and open
- 19/05/26: Canon vs. cannon: what is the difference?
- 19/05/26: Why spoonerism is named after William Spooner
- 19/05/26: Why “down in the dumps” means feeling sad
- 19/05/26: Cactuses and cacti are both correct
- 19/05/26: Why “curiosity killed the cat” means trouble, and where it came from
- 19/05/26: Why island has a silent s
- 19/05/26: Where the word kayak comes from
- 19/05/26: What “crocodile tears” means, and where it comes from
- 18/05/26: The origin of “make no bones about it”
- 18/05/26: The origin of “a wolf in sheep’s clothing”
- 18/05/26: Why malapropism is named after Mrs. Malaprop
- 18/05/26: Terse, curt, brusque, and other ways to be brief badly
- 17/05/26: Why “fine” can be the coldest word in English
- 17/05/26: Born or borne: what is the difference?
- 17/05/26: How kangaroo entered English from Guugu Yimidhirr
- 17/05/26: When nouns create new verbs: back formation in English
- 17/05/26: Where “make a mountain out of a molehill” comes from
- 17/05/26: How “taboo” came from Tongan “tapu”
- 17/05/26: The origin of “have your work cut out for you”
- 17/05/26: Why long sentences can still be clear
- 16/05/26: Where “give someone the cold shoulder” comes from
- 16/05/26: Why the word tattoo comes from Polynesian languages
- 16/05/26: What “close but no cigar” means, and where it probably came from
- 16/05/26: Gruntled is a real word, and it means pleased
- 16/05/26: Appraise vs. apprise: what is the difference?
- 16/05/26: The origin of “turn a blind eye”
- 16/05/26: Why the word barbecue comes from the Caribbean
- 16/05/26: Why set has such a long dictionary entry
- 16/05/26: Where “put your shoulder to the wheel” comes from
- 16/05/26: What “clean as a whistle” means and where it likely came from
- 16/05/26: How canoe came from an Indigenous Caribbean language
- 15/05/26: Why we say “look a gift horse in the mouth”
- 15/05/26: Amoral vs. immoral: what is the difference?
- 15/05/26: Why we say “get on your high horse”
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