According to the word-watchers at Merriam-Webster, the word "bourgeois" (pronounced boor·jwa) probably doesn't mean what you think it means. That's …
How Did Lefties Become Known as 'Southpaws'?
Turns out, we have baseball and boxing to thank for associating southpaw with left-handedness. But when and where did it originate? Plus, how bourgeoisie became a bad word and more.
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If you've read Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" or seen any of the movie adaptations, the Mad Hatter is bound to have left an …
If you're not familiar with the term "southpaw," trying to conjure its meaning might send your imagination all over the place. The term actually …
You ever walk into a store or restaurant and seen the sign "No shirt, No shoes, No service" on the door? (Sometimes it's expressed in the positive: …
Cigars don't just emit acrid smoke that seem to latch onto your clothes — they've also spawned some similarly sticky idioms in the English language. …