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Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris

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What does 'dinosaur' literally mean? | DINOSAURS
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What is the 'Eng' in 'England'? | COUNTRY NA
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Pasta words hidden on planes
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Why do news anchors all sound the same? | NEWS WORDS
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Why don't meteorologists study meteors?
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How could one man write a dictionary? | SAMUEL JOHNSON
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Why do we say "because internet"?
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Why is it called a 'cockpit'? | AVIATION WORDS
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Synergy is way older than you realized
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How did currencies get their names? | MONEY WORD ORIGINS
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Why were hatters mad?
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Does English use the wrong word for clouds? | WEATHER WORDS
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What’s the difference between an ass and an ass? #etymology
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Exposing grammar myths and mistakes with Grammar Girl
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Why is English full of French words?
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Precisely how long is a 'moment'? | TIME WORDS
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What was the original "blockbuster"? | MOVIE WORDS
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Why is there a cat in "caterpillar"? | BUG WORDS
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Why is the Pope "the daddy"?
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Busting the 'nylon' myth
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Why do Brits think 'pants' are underwear? | CLOTHING
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Why is there an N in "passenger"?
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Why do we say "as mad as a hatter"? | IDIOM ORIGIN
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Is it a restroom or a loo?
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Did Shakespeare write all his plays?
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How do you pronounce lieutenant? | MILITARY WORDS
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Why do we mind our Ps and Qs? | PRINTING TERMS
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Where do swear words come from?
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Which flower makes you wet the bed? | FLOWER NAME ORIGINS
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Is this a rhetorical question? | RHETORIC & LITERARY DEV
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How did our naughty bits get their names? | BODY ETYMOLOGY
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What's the difference between a violin and a fiddle? | M
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Who invented zero? | MATH & NUMBERS
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Who was the original "goodfella"? | CRIME WORDS
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Who was the first to "paint the town red"? | IDIOM
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Is he Santa Claus or Father Christmas? | FESTIVE WORD ORIGIN
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What did a "sin-eater" do? | JOB ETYMOLOGY
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Is it a 'full stop' or a 'period'? | PUNCTUA
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Is corporate jargon "a value add"? | JARGON ETYMOL
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Who is the Jack in a deck of cards? | GAME WORDS
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Which cocktail means "moist little thing"? | BOOZY
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How can "tree" and "truth" be related? |
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How are people using "mortified" wrongly? | EMOTIO
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What's the 'were' in werewolf? | SPOOKY ETYMOLOG
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Why does oxygen have the wrong name? | ELEMENTS
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What is antidisestablishmentarianism? | THE LONGEST WORDS
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Why are you a nincompoop? | INSULTS
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Do geese see god? | PALINDROMES
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Why is the word "dog" such a mystery? | ANIMAL WOR
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What mystery did the original "clue" solve? | MYTH
Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris