You know by now that I am a logophile. I love words and idioms and etymology. Occasionally, I try to invent a new idiom. Most of them fail. For example, Don’t start this fire unless you want the house to burn down. This is what you say when someone is trying to start aContinue reading “The Coining of “Going Scotch””
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Language Geek (Logophile)
id·i·om noun a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., rain cats and dogs, see the light ). et·y·mol·o·gy noun the study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history. If you know me well,Continue reading “Language Geek (Logophile)”
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