Sophia Loren once said, "Everything you see I owe to spaghetti." Rating: Unproven (About this rating?) A statement repeatedly ...

Clements, who died in 2019, apparently had a sequel in the works, and happily his first draft needed only minor revisions.

And Barry Popik has the answer. Popik is an American etymologist, and he writes, New York City-born comedian Jimmy Durante (1893-1980) used “Why the guy’s making a federal case out of it” on ...

But the most fascinating etymologies he unearths – like his hero, the great etymologist Walter W Skeat, who “broke many a spear defending the simplest etymology” – are those of everyday ...

It's funny because: Colloquially, "meanest" means best, so at first you think that the man is disagreeing with the shop's claim abouts its grilled cheese. But "mean" also means average, so, he's ...

Cocktail hour is a traditional period, typically in the late afternoon or early evening, dedicated to relaxation and ...

Now you might ask why athletes are called "jocks." You know, I just might ... Jim Rader, etymologist, Merriam-Webster, Inc.: It's short for jock strap, which, like jockey, comes from the name Jock.

They even plan to bring in an etymologist to discuss Miller's use of what everybody at the trial kept calling "four-letter words." Moore described Tropic as the "adventures of an American in Paris ...

Lexicographer, etymologist and broadcaster Susie Dent activates the f-bomb and takes us on a journey through time. Animation by Adrian Hartrick and Dominika Ozynska A facility near the Icelandic ...

TikToker Jools Lebron is spearheading a new movement that emphasises being “very demure, very mindful.” A stark contrast to ...

Though etymologist John Ayto, fancies bara in Old Norse, the word for wave. Poetically, then, the wash of monotony we endure matches a tidal bore, sweeping its way upstream. Across the channel ...