On the bin yesterday. I think it's a grasshopper? Just out of its shell? Cocoon? It sat there most of the day.

The surprisingly connected origins of "shower" and "scour".

https://youtube.com/shorts/8diWeybB13Y

#TIL that the word "transmogrify" has been around since the 1600s. And here I always thought Bill Watterson invented it just for #CalvinAndHobbes.

#transmogrification
#etymology
#EtymologyNerd
#EtymologyForever
#language
#linguistics

If you don’t feel like pulling a prank for #AprilFoolsDay yourself, maybe you’d enjoy learning about some historical pranks and how they connect, surprisingly, to the Tom Collins cocktail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OylCDk2Fcog

The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is OUTRAGE/ALTERNATIVE/ULTIMATE #wotd #outrage #alternative #ultimate #SignalGate

#Plum comes from two Ancient #Greek words: proûmnon (like in #English) & damaskēnós (like #Czech & #Portuguese) In many languages from Proto-Slavic "sliva".

We have more etymology maps about fruits:
https://mapologies.com/fruits

Wait a minute. You're not #pansexual, you're omnisexual. "pan-" is a #Greek prefix but "sexual" is a #Latin word. This is the whole "television" debacle all over again!

TIL the #etymology of #Hoosiers.

Shouldn’t that be considered a banned DEI word?

“Hello, we interrupt this broadcast of the #NCAA #basketball tournament…”

What better way to celebrate #InternationalWhiskyDay than with our video about the wild history of the Manhattan, that iconic whisky cocktail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7L2B9qj6N8

The surprisingly connected origins of "lack" and "leak". https://youtube.com/shorts/e3ssSRqzih8

Etymology of the day:
from Arabic šakama (to bridle)
> Arabic šakīma, (bit)
> Old Spanish xaquima
> Spanish word jáquima
> American English hackamore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackamore

So a famously bitless bridle is named after the word for bit :p

Where do swear words come from? - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqvT3gVz2aw

Premiering today on YouTube:

Kelly Elizabeth Wright joins #ThatWordChat to discuss new words, language in flux, and why linguistic justice matters.

Watch the full episode: bit.ly/ThatWordVideo

Where do swear words come from?
~ Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris
(52min YouTube Podcast video)

Obviously, there’s a lot of swear words, so if you don’t like hearing swear words, you’ve been warned.

#Etymology

https://youtu.be/NqvT3gVz2aw

I learned from the latest Big Issue that the old word "methinks" doesn't come from poorly-conjugated "me" + "thinks" ("I think") but actually comes from "(to) me" + "þyncan" ("seem"), so the word is literally "it seems to me".

https://www.etymonline.com/word/methinks

The word “crisp” originates from the Latin adjective “crispus,” meaning “curled,” “wrinkled,” or “having curly hair”.

It entered Old English as “crisp,” describing something curly or wavy, such as hair or wool.

Over time, “crisp” evolved to mean “brittle” by the 1520s, possibly due to the effect of cooking on flat items.

In the 19th century, #crisp came to describe things as “neat” or “fresh”.

The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is REBUKE/BUSH #wotd #rebuke #bush

It’s #NationalCocktailDay! So what better time to pour yourself a drink and settle in to learn all about the history of the cocktail, and some of the fascinating connections of some iconic drinks, with our Cocktail playlist! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlDwZNRMgsJK9YKaDhE7Gl-xQ_O2Ur8ZC