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While Annie Lennox was keening ‘Don’t ask me why’ and lamenting lost or unachievable love, the question in my mind (and perhaps in a…
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Fizzog and its other spellings (phisog, physog, phyzog in the OED, phizzog, not), as you probably already know, mean “face” or “facial expression.” The question…
5-minute read Where does it come from? As part of a campaign to improve the nation’s health and beat the obesity epidemic, the British Prime…
Continue reading → As fit as a butcher’s dog. What does it mean? Where is it from?
On 11 May 2020 the UK government put before parliament its plan for the way out of Covid-19 restrictions. The day before that the prime…
Continue reading → There are road maps and there are roadmaps. One word or two?
3-minute read Lances at the ready! Happy National Freelancers Day! There is a day celebrating just about everything under the sun, and today is National…
Continue reading → Freelancers. Where does that word come from?
During lockdown, people chatting on social media about how they were feeling often mentioned cabin fever. Google Trends registers numbers of lookups on Google of…
Continue reading → Cabin fever. What is it? And what kind of cabin?
