Fizzogs and visages. Folk etymology (2)
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…
Cabin fever. What is it? And what kind of cabin?
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…
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Round robins and folk etymology
5-minute read You know the drill. Come the season-to-be-jolly- (Fa, la, la … repeat ad nauseam) you are sure to receive a missive –…
Jeremy Butterfield Editorial 