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Cashmere gets its name from Kashmir, a region linked to the trade of this soft goat fiber. It is not wool from sheep.

“Go to pot” first referred to being put in a cooking pot. Over time, it came to mean decline, deteriorate, or fall apart.

Words like analog watch and snail mail are retronyms, new labels for older things after newer versions appear.

Climactic relates to a dramatic peak. Climatic relates to climate and weather. Learn the difference with clear examples.

Graffito is the singular form of graffiti. Learn the original distinction and why graffiti is often used as a mass noun today.