Sophia Loren Once Said, 'Everything You See I Owe to Spaghetti'?
A statement repeatedly attributed to Italian film star Sophia Loren over the years ascribes her beauty to a diet of pasta.
Remember ‘Frindle’? Andrew Clements Had a Sequel Up His Sleeve.
Clements, who died in 2019, apparently had a sequel in the works, and happily his first draft needed only minor revisions.
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Johnny Mee and the letter that changed Mayo for the better
It started very simply. It started with a letter. Johnny Mee wrote a letter to The Connaught Telegraph in 1966. Johnny got up ...
After a brat summer, the Internet is having a ‘very demure, very mindful’ fall
TikToker Jools Lebron is spearheading a new movement that emphasises being “very demure, very mindful.” A stark contrast to ...
National Review1 年
Cases, Federal or Otherwise
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 ...
BBC3 年
The art of mashing up words to invent new ones
Etymologist and broadcaster Susie Dent investigates the art of word blending, otherwise known as 'portmanteau' and shines a light on some impressive and very relevant examples from across the ...