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56,966 blogs · [ { "id": "01a087a1-2f24-7371-a957-9f2bfb4f032f", "title": "The divine gift of “Dolly”", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2026/09/04/dolly-name-origin-doll-etymology/", "published_at": "2026-09-04T10:00:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-2f24-7371-a957-9f2bfc4546e2", "title": "“Teacher” and “student”: an etymological show-and-tell", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2026/08/22/teacher-student-word-origins/", "published_at": "2026-08-22T16:09:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-2f24-7371-a957-9f2bfd42e181", "title": "The word “lettuce” is made of “milk”", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2026/08/03/lettuce-word-origin-cyclosporiasis/", "published_at": "2026-08-03T12:16:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-2f24-7371-a957-9f2bfde940db", "title": "The etymological odyssey of “Odysseus”", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2026/07/18/odyssey-odysseus-word-origin/", "published_at": "2026-07-18T18:32:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-2f24-7371-a957-9f2bfebf3cf1", "title": "Semiquincentennial: the origins of an America-sized word", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2026/07/04/semiquincentennial-word-origin/", "published_at": "2026-07-04T13:07:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-2f24-7371-a957-9f2bff3c55d4", "title": "“Football”: a simple word with striking roots", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2026/06/20/football-history-word-origin/", "published_at": "2026-06-20T16:10:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-2f24-7371-a957-9f2bff924d99", "title": "Dragged “kicking” and “spurring”—and “spurning”", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2026/06/12/spurs-spurn-kick-word-origins/", "published_at": "2026-06-12T14:53:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-2f24-7371-a957-9f2c003db98d", "title": "Why are they called the New York “Knicks”?", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2026/05/30/knicks-knickerbockers-name-origin/", "published_at": "2026-05-30T13:46:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-2f24-7371-a957-9f2c00b076c0", "title": "How “Ebola” got its name", "url": 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"01a0bb53-8e52-725b-9e4d-c3749d263fc9", "title": "Like tiny, perfect poems: the origins of “daisy” and “window”", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2026/03/28/daisy-window-word-origins/", "published_at": "2026-03-28T11:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-8e52-725b-9e4d-c3749d57a36c", "title": "How the game of chess and Persian kings gave us the word “check”", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2026/03/15/chess-check-checkmate-shah-word-origins/", "published_at": "2026-03-15T13:38:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-8e52-725b-9e4d-c3749e40abc8", "title": "Withstanding the sands of time: the origin of “Iran”", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2026/03/01/iran-name-origin/", "published_at": "2026-03-02T01:52:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-8e52-725b-9e4d-c3749e8800fc", "title": "An etymological trip to northern Italy: Milan, Cortina, Lombardy, and more", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2026/02/15/milan-cortina-lombardy-alps-dolomites-name-origins/", "published_at": "2026-02-15T14:57:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-8e52-725b-9e4d-c3749eea4a3c", "title": "Hawks vs. Patriots, etymology edition", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2026/02/08/hawk-vs-patriot/", "published_at": "2026-02-08T14:54:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-8e52-725b-9e4d-c3749f24b8c8", "title": "“Milliner”: it’s literally from Milan", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2026/02/07/milan-milliner-word-origin/", "published_at": "2026-02-07T19:25:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-8e52-725b-9e4d-c3749f433284", "title": "A blizzard of wintry word origins", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2026/01/31/winter-cold-word-origins/", "published_at": "2026-01-31T17:34:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-2e4f-7173-90f5-81f02e74b569", "title": "Charting the etymological boundaries of “Greenland” and “Denmark”", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2026/01/24/greenland-denmark-name-origins/", "published_at": "2026-01-24T13:26:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-2e4f-7173-90f5-81f02ec5636a", "title": "“Minneapolis” means “Waterfall City”", "url": 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On etymological times long past", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2025/12/31/auld-lang-syne-since-word-origins/", "published_at": "2025-12-31T11:45:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-2e4f-7173-90f5-81f02fd026a3", "title": "The Obscure Etymology Advent Calendar ", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2025/12/24/obscure-etymology-advent-calendar/", "published_at": "2025-12-24T12:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-2e4f-7173-90f5-81f0301c8349", "title": "Workplace Word Origins: ask, all hands, staff, touch base, nimble", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2025/12/17/workplace-word-origins-ask-all-hands-staff-touch-base-nimble/", "published_at": "2025-12-17T11:45:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-2e4f-7173-90f5-81f030652ba1", "title": "Talking 2025 Words of the Year on the Lexis podcast", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2025/12/15/lexis-podcast-2025-word-of-the-year/", "published_at": "2025-12-15T11:45:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-2e4f-7173-90f5-81f0314d350a", "title": "A simple “yes” or “no”? Nope. Not etymologically.", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2025/12/12/yes-no-word-origins/", "published_at": "2025-12-12T13:59:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-2e4f-7173-90f5-81f0318ae76f", "title": "Workplace Word Origins: Black Friday, chef, boutique", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2025/11/28/workplace-word-origins-black-friday-chef-boutique/", "published_at": "2025-11-28T15:33:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-2e4f-7173-90f5-81f031b6d74d", "title": "My bad French makes for good etymology: the origin of “oui”", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2025/11/25/french-oui-word-origin/", "published_at": "2025-11-25T12:10:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb62-481c-71ee-a5a6-791a9a3415ee", "title": "“Literature’s hand luggage”: wit and wisdom in James Geary’s “The World in a Phrase: A Brief History of the Aphorism”", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2025/11/07/aphorisms-james-geary-the-world-in-a-phrase/", "published_at": "2025-11-07T12:25:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb62-481c-71ee-a5a6-791a9b151a02", "title": "The 2025 Etymology of the Year", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2025/11/04/fascism-etymology-of-the-year-2025/", "published_at": "2025-11-04T13:45:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb62-481c-71ee-a5a6-791a9b6d2477", "title": "Workplace Word Origins: jargon, milestone, sesquipedalian, benchmark, team", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2025/10/27/workplace-word-origins-jargon-milestone-sesquipedalian-benchmark-team/", "published_at": "2025-10-27T11:57:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb62-481c-71ee-a5a6-791a9b6fe2b5", "title": "Newsy etymology, animals edition: frog, bunny, squirrel, blue jay", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2025/10/22/frog-bunny-squirrel-blue-jay-word-origins/", "published_at": "2025-10-22T15:03:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb62-481c-71ee-a5a6-791a9b73ec95", "title": "The bemusing etymological muse of “calliope”", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2025/10/15/calliope-word-origin/", "published_at": "2025-10-15T11:21:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb62-481c-71ee-a5a6-791a9c6a9d5c", "title": "2025 Punctuation Mark of the Year", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2025/09/24/2025-punctuation-mark-of-the-year-em-dash/", "published_at": "2025-09-24T14:30:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb62-481c-71ee-a5a6-791a9c7bd79d", "title": "Workplace Word Origins: engineer, salary, office, freelance, deadline", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2025/09/09/workplace-word-origins-engineer-salary-office-freelance-deadline/", "published_at": "2025-09-09T10:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb62-481c-71ee-a5a6-791a9cdb57d8", "title": "Newsy etymology: haboob, dictator, cracker, barrel, engagement, de minimis", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2025/08/29/haboob-dictator-cracker-barrel-engagement-de-minimis-origins/", "published_at": "2025-08-29T14:07:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb62-481d-737e-b50b-3464bf4adc0e", "title": "Yapping etymological on “That Word Chat”", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2025/08/15/that-word-chat-june-2025-show-etymology/", "published_at": "2025-08-15T12:09:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb62-481d-737e-b50b-3464bf544a45", "title": "Hugo", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2025/08/11/hugo-name-origin/", "published_at": "2025-08-11T12:20:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb68-77fe-723f-bccb-0c8c02cd2ef4", "title": "“Paper Airplane” takes flight", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2025/07/13/paper-airplane-magazine-nick-norlen/", "published_at": "2025-07-13T10:45:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb68-77fe-723f-bccb-0c8c03249bfb", "title": "Workplace Word Origins: resilience, company, focus, thrilled, code", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2025/07/11/workplace-word-origins-resilience-company-focus-thrilled-code/", "published_at": "2025-07-11T11:13:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb68-77fe-723f-bccb-0c8c03b5d73b", "title": "Introducing “Workplace Word Origins”", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2025/06/06/introducing-workplace-word-origins/", "published_at": "2025-06-06T12:01:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb68-77fe-723f-bccb-0c8c0425aa0a", "title": "The “key” to the etymology of 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"https://mashedradish.com/2024/10/08/jane-austen-game-review/", "published_at": "2024-10-08T04:01:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb70-888e-71a5-8159-cb12649c1421", "title": "What’s so “long” about a “longshoreman”?", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2024/10/02/longshoreman-word-origin/", "published_at": "2024-10-02T14:20:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb70-888e-71a5-8159-cb12656c2ff3", "title": "Why does “pygmy” mean “small”?", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2024/09/26/pygmy-word-origin/", "published_at": "2024-09-26T10:52:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb70-888e-71a5-8159-cb1266348b4d", "title": "Newsy etymology: shogun, Tupperware, Secret Service, and interest rate", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2024/09/18/shogun-tupperware-secret-service-interest-rate-word-origins/", "published_at": "2024-09-18T11:08:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb70-888e-71a5-8159-cb1266d2104e", "title": "Breaking down the origin of “fracking”", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2024/09/14/fracking-word-origin/", "published_at": "2024-09-14T12:39:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb70-888e-71a5-8159-cb126732867d", "title": "What’s behind the word “voice”?", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2024/09/10/voice-word-origin/", "published_at": "2024-09-10T16:37:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb74-098b-718d-a72d-7d432891c3db", "title": "Why is it called “polio”?", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2024/09/06/polio-word-origin/", "published_at": "2024-09-06T14:36:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb74-098b-718d-a72d-7d432911c8c5", "title": "A many-“sided” origin: the etymology and history of “Paralympics”", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2024/08/30/paralympics-word-origin/", "published_at": "2024-08-30T12:04:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb74-098b-718d-a72d-7d43299f91c5", "title": "Hungarian horse carts? The origin of the word “coach” has been on a journey. ", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2024/08/23/coach-word-origin/", "published_at": "2024-08-23T18:57:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb74-098b-718d-a72d-7d432a29ec9f", "title": "Digging up the etymological past of “history”", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2024/08/20/history-word-origin/", "published_at": "2024-08-20T15:05:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb74-098b-718d-a72d-7d432af087ce", "title": "Demurring on the etymology of “demure”", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2024/08/14/demure-origin/", "published_at": "2024-08-14T23:32:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb74-098b-718d-a72d-7d432b663c5b", "title": "Timely etymology: Debby, monopoly, waltz, and breaking", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2024/08/10/debby-monopoly-waltz-breaking-origins/", "published_at": "2024-08-10T12:30:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb74-098b-718d-a72d-7d432c1d819e", "title": "Where does the word “aura” come from?", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2024/08/07/aura-origin/", "published_at": "2024-08-07T17:13:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb74-098b-718d-a72d-7d432c8d33d4", "title": "Between the etymological cushions of “couch”", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2024/08/02/couch-origin/", "published_at": "2024-08-02T16:25:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb74-098b-718d-a72d-7d432d581198", "title": "How “weird” got weird", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2024/07/30/weird/", "published_at": "2024-07-30T16:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb74-098b-718d-a72d-7d432d5aab69", "title": "Unpacking the origin of “brat”", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2024/07/26/brat-origin/", "published_at": "2024-07-26T11:24:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb77-4450-7051-9f55-22e32d6ceed6", "title": "The ‘crown’ jewels in “coronate”", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2024/07/23/coronate-origin/", "published_at": "2024-07-23T16:31:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb77-4450-7051-9f55-22e32e56b59a", "title": "The long and short of “omicron”", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2021/12/05/omicron/", "published_at": "2021-12-06T01:46:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb77-4450-7051-9f55-22e32e66f720", "title": "The family tree of “uncle”", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2021/07/10/uncle/", "published_at": "2021-07-10T16:20:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb77-4450-7051-9f55-22e32efdedf7", "title": "Some reflections on “pandemic”", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2020/06/08/pandemic/", "published_at": "2020-06-08T08:00:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb77-4450-7051-9f55-22e32f1256be", "title": "Some more Emojiology for World Emoji Day", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2018/07/17/some-more-emojiology-for-world-emoji-day/", "published_at": "2018-07-17T16:42:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb77-4450-7051-9f55-22e32f34f94f", "title": "An etymological tricolor: red, white, and blue", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2018/07/04/an-etymological-tricolor-red-white-and-blue/", "published_at": "2018-07-04T12:56:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb77-4450-7051-9f55-22e32ff729be", "title": "Pulling apart “separation”", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2018/06/24/pulling-apart-separation/", "published_at": "2018-06-24T11:39:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb77-4450-7051-9f55-22e3304ee432", "title": "“Raccoon”: an etymological show of hands?", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2018/06/16/raccoon-an-etymological-show-of-hands/", "published_at": "2018-06-16T14:57:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb77-4450-7051-9f55-22e330c47bd9", "title": "The etymological routes of “trade”", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2018/06/09/the-etymological-routes-of-trade/", "published_at": "2018-06-09T12:41:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb77-4450-7051-9f55-22e330e816ac", "title": "What is the “feck” in “feckless”?", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2018/06/01/what-is-the-feck-in-feckless/", "published_at": "2018-06-01T09:55:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-98ef-709d-97e4-b92c8031f821", "title": "Lava: the watery roots of a fiery word", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2018/05/29/lava-the-watery-roots-of-a-fiery-word/", "published_at": "2018-05-29T09:57:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-98ef-709d-97e4-b92c80ddaa60", "title": "Deducing the roots of “duke”", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2018/05/19/deducing-the-roots-of-duke/", "published_at": "2018-05-19T12:08:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-98ef-709d-97e4-b92c80f67afd", "title": "It’s been five years of Mashed Radish. This calls for “punch.”", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2018/05/12/its-been-five-years-of-mashed-radish-this-calls-for-punch/", "published_at": "2018-05-12T11:09:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-98ef-709d-97e4-b92c811f7330", "title": "The long, etymological trek of “caravan”", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2018/05/01/the-long-etymological-trek-of-caravan/", "published_at": "2018-05-01T15:15:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-98ef-709d-97e4-b92c816c26ce", "title": "TIME, emoji, and the unusual “with-” in “withdraw”", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2018/04/29/time-emoji-and-the-unusual-with-in-withdraw/", "published_at": "2018-04-29T18:43:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-98ef-709d-97e4-b92c81efd272", "title": "What is the “tres” in “trespass”?", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2018/04/22/what-is-the-tres-in-trespass/", "published_at": "2018-04-22T10:31:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-98ef-709d-97e4-b92c829db5ed", "title": "Because there’s always a reason to talk about pets…and etymology", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2018/04/11/because-theres-always-a-reason-to-talk-about-pets-and-etymology/", "published_at": "2018-04-11T17:43:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-98ef-709d-97e4-b92c82f40697", "title": "I still have a “dream” (repost)", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2018/04/04/i-still-have-a-dream-repost/", "published_at": "2018-04-04T17:29:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-98ef-709d-97e4-b92c8392fc57", "title": "Mesomerica, squirrels, and puffy leather bags: an etymological Easter basket", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2018/04/01/mesomerica-squirrels-and-puffy-leather-bags-an-etymological-easter-basket/", "published_at": "2018-04-01T11:00:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-98ef-709d-97e4-b92c83f4792f", "title": "Taking an etymological “census”", "url": "https://mashedradish.com/2018/03/28/taking-an-etymological-census/", "published_at": "2018-03-28T10:08:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

The divine gift of “Dolly”original ↗
4 Sept 2026
“Teacher” and “student”: an etymological show-and-telloriginal ↗
22 Aug 2026
The word “lettuce” is made of “milk”original ↗
3 Aug 2026
The etymological odyssey of “Odysseus”original ↗
18 Jul 2026
Semiquincentennial: the origins of an America-sized wordoriginal ↗
4 Jul 2026
“Football”: a simple word with striking rootsoriginal ↗
20 Jun 2026
Dragged “kicking” and “spurring”—and “spurning”original ↗
12 Jun 2026
Why are they called the New York “Knicks”?original ↗
30 May 2026
How “Ebola” got its nameoriginal ↗
24 May 2026
What is the “hanta-” in “hantavirus”?original ↗
14 May 2026
“Strait” vs. “straight”: straight talk on strait differencesoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2026
Phases of the word “moon”original ↗
12 Apr 2026
Why Easter is called “Easter”original ↗
5 Apr 2026
Like tiny, perfect poems: the origins of “daisy” and “window”original ↗
28 Mar 2026
How the game of chess and Persian kings gave us the word “check”original ↗
15 Mar 2026
Withstanding the sands of time: the origin of “Iran”original ↗
2 Mar 2026
An etymological trip to northern Italy: Milan, Cortina, Lombardy, and moreoriginal ↗
15 Feb 2026
Hawks vs. Patriots, etymology editionoriginal ↗
8 Feb 2026
“Milliner”: it’s literally from Milanoriginal ↗
7 Feb 2026
A blizzard of wintry word originsoriginal ↗
31 Jan 2026
Charting the etymological boundaries of “Greenland” and “Denmark”original ↗
24 Jan 2026
“Minneapolis” means “Waterfall City”original ↗
18 Jan 2026
America is in Venezuela etymologically, toooriginal ↗
9 Jan 2026

2025

What’s up with the “syne” in “Auld Lang Syne”? On etymological times long pastoriginal ↗
31 Dec 2025
The Obscure Etymology Advent Calendar original ↗
24 Dec 2025
Workplace Word Origins: ask, all hands, staff, touch base, nimbleoriginal ↗
17 Dec 2025
Talking 2025 Words of the Year on the Lexis podcastoriginal ↗
15 Dec 2025
A simple “yes” or “no”? Nope. Not etymologically.original ↗
12 Dec 2025
Workplace Word Origins: Black Friday, chef, boutiqueoriginal ↗
28 Nov 2025
My bad French makes for good etymology: the origin of “oui”original ↗
25 Nov 2025
“Literature’s hand luggage”: wit and wisdom in James Geary’s “The World in a Phrase: A Brief History of the Aphorism”original ↗
7 Nov 2025
The 2025 Etymology of the Yearoriginal ↗
4 Nov 2025
Workplace Word Origins: jargon, milestone, sesquipedalian, benchmark, teamoriginal ↗
27 Oct 2025
Newsy etymology, animals edition: frog, bunny, squirrel, blue jayoriginal ↗
22 Oct 2025
The bemusing etymological muse of “calliope”original ↗
15 Oct 2025
2025 Punctuation Mark of the Yearoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2025
Workplace Word Origins: engineer, salary, office, freelance, deadlineoriginal ↗
9 Sept 2025
Newsy etymology: haboob, dictator, cracker, barrel, engagement, de minimisoriginal ↗
29 Aug 2025
Yapping etymological on “That Word Chat”original ↗
15 Aug 2025
Hugooriginal ↗
11 Aug 2025
“Paper Airplane” takes flightoriginal ↗
13 Jul 2025
Workplace Word Origins: resilience, company, focus, thrilled, codeoriginal ↗
11 Jul 2025
Introducing “Workplace Word Origins”original ↗
6 Jun 2025
The “key” to the etymology of “conclave”original ↗
4 May 2025
The etymology of “pope”: a warm word of hope?original ↗
22 Apr 2025
“Drawing out” lessons from the origin of  “education”original ↗
30 Mar 2025
The etymological sound and fury of “outrage”original ↗
14 Mar 2025
“Woof woof” and “iam fari”: divinity, humanity, dogs, and etymology behind first words in Michael Erard’s “Bye Bye I Love You”original ↗
28 Feb 2025
In life, and etymology, love is loveoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2025
My slang lexicography, now up on Merriam-Websteroriginal ↗
5 Feb 2025
Newsy etymology: mercy, oligarchy, palisade, Greenland, emphysema, severanceoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2025
“Habitat”: a natural, and etymological, historyoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2025
Chatting 2024 Words of the Year with Grammar Girloriginal ↗
7 Jan 2025

2024

Why does a ball drop on New Year’s Eve?original ↗
31 Dec 2024
“Drone”: where etymology meets entomologyoriginal ↗
22 Dec 2024
On the origins of “mocha” and “mousse”original ↗
15 Dec 2024
“Martial” vs. “marshal”: what’s the etymological difference?original ↗
8 Dec 2024
How “jaguar” the cat—and car—got their namesoriginal ↗
28 Nov 2024
Something “Glicked” this way comes (to a theater near you)original ↗
22 Nov 2024
Why is it called the “4B” movement?original ↗
14 Nov 2024
Again.original ↗
10 Nov 2024
The many-layered etymology of “onion”original ↗
30 Oct 2024
Where does the word “spooky” come from?original ↗
25 Oct 2024
Out of the etymological gourd: Why do we call them “gourds”? original ↗
18 Oct 2024
The Jane Austen Game: A charming immersion into the great author’s literary worldoriginal ↗
8 Oct 2024
What’s so “long” about a “longshoreman”?original ↗
2 Oct 2024
Why does “pygmy” mean “small”?original ↗
26 Sept 2024
Newsy etymology: shogun, Tupperware, Secret Service, and interest rateoriginal ↗
18 Sept 2024
Breaking down the origin of “fracking”original ↗
14 Sept 2024
What’s behind the word “voice”?original ↗
10 Sept 2024
Why is it called “polio”?original ↗
6 Sept 2024
A many-“sided” origin: the etymology and history of “Paralympics”original ↗
30 Aug 2024
Hungarian horse carts? The origin of the word “coach” has been on a journey. original ↗
23 Aug 2024
Digging up the etymological past of “history”original ↗
20 Aug 2024
Demurring on the etymology of “demure”original ↗
14 Aug 2024
Timely etymology: Debby, monopoly, waltz, and breakingoriginal ↗
10 Aug 2024
Where does the word “aura” come from?original ↗
7 Aug 2024
Between the etymological cushions of “couch”original ↗
2 Aug 2024
How “weird” got weirdoriginal ↗
30 Jul 2024
Unpacking the origin of “brat”original ↗
26 Jul 2024
The ‘crown’ jewels in “coronate”original ↗
23 Jul 2024

2021

The long and short of “omicron”original ↗
6 Dec 2021
The family tree of “uncle”original ↗
10 Jul 2021

2020

Some reflections on “pandemic”original ↗
8 Jun 2020

2018

Some more Emojiology for World Emoji Dayoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2018
An etymological tricolor: red, white, and blueoriginal ↗
4 Jul 2018
Pulling apart “separation”original ↗
24 Jun 2018
“Raccoon”: an etymological show of hands?original ↗
16 Jun 2018
The etymological routes of “trade”original ↗
9 Jun 2018
What is the “feck” in “feckless”?original ↗
1 Jun 2018
Lava: the watery roots of a fiery wordoriginal ↗
29 May 2018
Deducing the roots of “duke”original ↗
19 May 2018
It’s been five years of Mashed Radish. This calls for “punch.”original ↗
12 May 2018
The long, etymological trek of “caravan”original ↗
1 May 2018
TIME, emoji, and the unusual “with-” in “withdraw”original ↗
29 Apr 2018
What is the “tres” in “trespass”?original ↗
22 Apr 2018
Because there’s always a reason to talk about pets…and etymologyoriginal ↗
11 Apr 2018
I still have a “dream” (repost)original ↗
4 Apr 2018
Mesomerica, squirrels, and puffy leather bags: an etymological Easter basketoriginal ↗
1 Apr 2018
Taking an etymological “census”original ↗
28 Mar 2018
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