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@andrewcgrant.bsky.social"Shell shock" to "PTSD": how language rewrote what trauma means.
A name change tracks a century of medicine finally admitting our reactions to trauma aren't personal failings, the brain doing exactly what it evolved to do.
@erikhansson.bsky.socialLooking at ways to expand my network. If you're interested in topics like #language #accent #dialect #translation #xl8 #etymology #linguistics, now and then spiced up with #swotd (Swedish word of the day), you're welcome to follow my account. Thanks!
@wordfoolery.bsky.socialWordfoolery Whispers is out on Fri 18th September.
Words the Weather Gave Us, snag a review copy, plus Blog Highlights, Good Books and histories for eedle doddle, ultracrepidarian, joblijocks, and avocado.
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Annie's Origin of Words and Phrases
"Straight From the Horse's Mouth"
#etymology, #wordorigins, #linguistics, #languagehistory, #wordnerd
@thegrammardiva.bsky.socialMycophobia - Fear of mushrooms. From the Ancient Greek word mykes (μύκης), meaning "mushroom" or "fungus," and phobos (φόβος), meaning "fear" or "panic." #grammar #grammardiva #etymology #phobia #wordoftheday
@benris84.bsky.socialI absolutely love this
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@darlingaxe.comExample: From Latin exemplum (“sample, pattern, model”).
@andrewcgrant.bsky.socialCalling women "hysterical" is based on a 4000 year old medical myth.
From wandering wombs to Freud to the DSM, our understanding of "hysteria" may have changed but it still shows gender bias.
@deadparentswhatnow.comThe Columbarium is back TOMORROW with the origins of Davy Jones' locker. Ahoy, maties. Sign up for the newsletter here: deadparentswhatnow.com/newsletter
#newsletter #deathpositive #etymology #davyjoneslocker #pirates #deathhistory #burialatsea
@alliterative.bsky.socialThe #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is FUCK/REPUGNANT/POINT #wotd #fuck #repugnant #point
@darlingaxe.comBank: From Italian banca (“bench”), referring to moneylenders’ tables in marketplaces.
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A century later, demographic change, religious diversification & declining membership of those denominations have transformed the South considerably while many of the political & cultural conflicts once associated specifically with the region now play out across the US.
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Coined in the 1920s, it reflected a particular period in which white Baptist & Methodist institutions held considerable cultural & political power.
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But this fascinating historical analysis by John Hayes asks whether the term still accurately describes the region.
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“Bible Belt” has been used for a century as shorthand for the American South – often carrying assumptions about religion, conservatism & political behaviour along with it.
@perkinskeighley.bsky.socialWhat happens when a label survives long after the world it was created to describe has changed?
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@wordorigins.bsky.socialtea (gossip)
@wordfoolery.bsky.socialThis week's word on Wordfoolery is ultracrepidarian, a perfect insult for those who pontificate about things they don't understand, and it has a wonderful story attached. #WordsTheGreeksGaveUs wordfoolery.wordpress.com/2026/09/14/t... #etymology