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- For #NationalTourismDay, may we direct you to our video about the Olympics, Amateurs, and – it turns out – tourism? www.youtube.com/watch?v=im0C... #Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #amateur #olympics #tourism
- Wordle 1,418 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩1928, though common usage from 1959. From Spanish. #etymology
- It’s #NationalCartoonistsDay! Here’s our video “Marvel” about the history of comics and cartoons, to celebrate! www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_V7... #Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Marvel #Comics
- Happy #MuseumLoversDay! Did you know that ‘museum’ and ‘music’ are related words? We got into that in our video on Music, but we talked about the early history of museums in this Endnote: youtu.be/tbvvu2NDL-A #Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #LingComm #Museum
- If you're at loggerheads with somebody what does that mean and where does it come from? Wordfoolery explores it today. wordfoolery.wordpress.com/2025/05/05/t... #etymology
- Jessica Oreck made a lovely animated short about the #etymology of "clue" as part of her Mysteries of Vernacular project www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOXu...
- Just told a colleague that I was "up to my oxters in other work." I believe this was the first time I've ever used this expression, and it was surprising to hear it coming out of my own mouth. Learned it [indelibly?] in 2016 from Stan Carey's blog. stancarey.wordpress.com/2016/06/04/u... #etymology
- Linguistic trivia: OTTER is related to HYDRA #etymology #linguistics #protoindoeuropean #otters #serpents #mindblown
