Geniophobia - The fear of chins. People can have this fear because some people have prominent chins. From the Greek "genio," meaning "chin" or "jaw." and "phobia," meaning "fear." #grammar #grammardiva #etymology #phobia #wordoftheday

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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩1884, colloquial shortening of word that ultimately dates from Old English.

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The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is LABOUR/LAPSE #wotd #labour #labor #lapse #collapse #labourday #laborday

"Negus", n. A king. The title of the sovereign of Ethiopia, from a Ge'ez root meaning to rule.

A sixth grader at the Scripps National Spelling Bee got seconds to spell it cold on live TV.

He got it right.

#WordOfTheDay #Etymology #Vocabulary #LearnSomethingNew #LanguageLovers

I made this:

Learn the origin of your name, find movies, books, music, art and games that feature it, then customise and download a free keepsake card for it.

Also free acrostic poem of your name for download.

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Enjoy

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Anchor: From Greek ankura, meaning “hook” or “curve.”

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Not to be confused with "butt dial"

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A short romp through the origins of swearing, from "Zounds" (God's Wounds) and "Gadzooks" (God's Hooks) to the murky Middle Dutch roots of the F-word, and how cult... https://medium.com/@billfordx/holy-sh-t-the-surprisingly-sacred-origins-of-swear-words-6c4f51ff62fe

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Ecophobia - Literally, the fear of one's home, but also fear of environmental degradation. From eco- (derived from the Ancient Greek oἶkos, meaning "house," "home," or "dwelling place") and -phobia (from phóbos, meaning "fear" or "terror"). #grammar #grammardiva #etymology #phobia #wordoftheday

This week on Wordfoolery the word is cliché, a word that stories & printing gave us, and one of the histories I am exploring as I begin writing "Words Stories Gave Us"
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Wordle 1,906 4/6

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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Old English, though meaning has shifted a little, explaining odd seeming uses in the modern day.

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Annie's Origin of Words and Phrases
"Tarmac"
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Say "Tuesday" and you're invoking a Norse war god. Say "martes" and it's the Roman one, Mars.

The same seven days, named twice - by two different mythologies. Plus the saint who deleted the gods from Portuguese, and the one day nobody could translate.

New on the blog! 🌿

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English has left this etymological banana skin in unrestricted public access for approximately 1,100 years.

No warning sign has been erected.

The Office has now placed one beside it.

Snacking has been resumed.

#Etymology #BlepOfSnacks #BuryStEdmunds #No10Keith
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Ironically, this editorial placeholder text is rife with intentional typos

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Annie's Origin of Words and Phrases
"Dead as a Door Nail"
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Clinophobia- Fear of going to bed or lying down. From the Greek word klinein, which means to bend, slope, incline, or lie down and the Greek word phobos, which means fear, panic, or terror. #grammar #grammardiva #etymology #wordoftheday #phobia

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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Topical, as BBC Radio 4 is celebrating the return of the Bayeaux Tapestry.

From French, early 14c.

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