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I think some of the greatest delights in the business of etymology are words—especially everyday words—whose origins we just don’t know.
So, this year, I’ll do an etymological Advent calendar on this theme: words with origins that are obscure, uncertain, or otherwise unknown.
So, this year, I’ll do an etymological Advent calendar on this theme: words with origins that are obscure, uncertain, or otherwise unknown.
December 1, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I think some of the greatest delights in the business of etymology are words—especially everyday words—whose origins we just don’t know.
So, this year, I’ll do an etymological Advent calendar on this theme: words with origins that are obscure, uncertain, or otherwise unknown.
So, this year, I’ll do an etymological Advent calendar on this theme: words with origins that are obscure, uncertain, or otherwise unknown.
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In hindsight, all the problems started when we moved away from hand-written library catalog cards.
September 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
In hindsight, all the problems started when we moved away from hand-written library catalog cards.
An oldy but a goody featuring our local campus
Overweight College Student Announces Plans To Wear Shorts, Sandals For Rest Of Year
Overweight College Student Announces Plans To Wear Shorts, Sandals For Rest Of Year
STATE COLLEGE, PA—Overweight Penn State University freshman Kyle Norton cleared up any confusion about the future of his daily wardrobe Monday when he declared that, despite the recent drop in tempera...
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September 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
An oldy but a goody featuring our local campus
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From The Archives: God Angrily Clarifies 'Don't Kill' Rule
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June 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
From The Archives: God Angrily Clarifies 'Don't Kill' Rule
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Woman Reminds Self Not To Catastrophize After Spotting 4 Skeletal Horsemen On Horizon
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Woman Reminds Self Not To Catastrophize After Spotting 4 Skeletal Horsemen On Horizon
LOWELL, MA—Doing her best to follow her therapist’s advice for dealing with stressful situations, area woman Holly Debling reportedly reminded herself Tuesday not to catastrophize after she spotted four skeletal horsemen on the horizon. “Okay, Holly, remember: Just because a great trumpet has sounded at the arrival of four unearthly riders, that doesn’t necessarily mean […]
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May 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Woman Reminds Self Not To Catastrophize After Spotting 4 Skeletal Horsemen On Horizon
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gotto mindmeld with this heer hoorta , this mite take an while
April 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
gotto mindmeld with this heer hoorta , this mite take an while
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“At least it can't get any worse”
Well done, you just set the universe a challenge it can't refuse.
Well done, you just set the universe a challenge it can't refuse.
April 23, 2025 at 8:12 AM
“At least it can't get any worse”
Well done, you just set the universe a challenge it can't refuse.
Well done, you just set the universe a challenge it can't refuse.
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In ancient Ireland, attaining the highest level of poet entitled you to wear a cloak of crimson feathers and carry a wand.
...just in case anyone is looking for a mid-career pivot.
...just in case anyone is looking for a mid-career pivot.
March 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
In ancient Ireland, attaining the highest level of poet entitled you to wear a cloak of crimson feathers and carry a wand.
...just in case anyone is looking for a mid-career pivot.
...just in case anyone is looking for a mid-career pivot.
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Anyway it’s so weird that all these end stage things are happening but all we still have to do regular chores and get dental care and stuff
March 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Anyway it’s so weird that all these end stage things are happening but all we still have to do regular chores and get dental care and stuff
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we need to bring back words like wastrel, rogue, ruffian, ne’er-do-well. there is an epidemic of miscreants doing shenanigans and we have lost the vocabulary to describe them.
February 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
we need to bring back words like wastrel, rogue, ruffian, ne’er-do-well. there is an epidemic of miscreants doing shenanigans and we have lost the vocabulary to describe them.
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I am sure she knows what she’s doing and it’s none of my business. Don’t worry about it
February 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I am sure she knows what she’s doing and it’s none of my business. Don’t worry about it
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It struck me today that every work of dystopian fiction I've ever read involves a future without books. Maybe that's all it takes.
January 31, 2025 at 8:54 PM
It struck me today that every work of dystopian fiction I've ever read involves a future without books. Maybe that's all it takes.
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Our choral society performed this today. OK not in a cathedral but rather a high school auditorium in a univ. town, but still moving. youtu.be/7KvrbYZB2vY?...
#16 O Magnum Mysterium, Morten Lauridsen King's College Cambridge 2009
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December 8, 2024 at 12:28 AM
Our choral society performed this today. OK not in a cathedral but rather a high school auditorium in a univ. town, but still moving. youtu.be/7KvrbYZB2vY?...