Latest articles by Angela Tung
feature Why is it called a "caboose," anyway?
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A brief history of Solitaire, Patience, and other card games for onefeature Alone needn't mean lonely
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Them's bullfighting wordsfeature Understanding the extraordinary language of Spain's controversial pastime
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Wocka wocka! Deconstructing the fascinating lingo of the Muppets.feature You know your Muppets, but do you know a Henson stitch from a Magic Triangle?
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6 crazy medical beliefs from days of yorefeature Got hiccups? Blame elves.
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10 of the world's most bizarre taxesfeature Think the income tax is rough? At least Uncle Sam isn't demanding that you pay for the privilege of having a beard
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The week in wordsfeature How we talk about terrorists, how tenses are used in jokes, and more
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10 whimsical words coined by Lewis Carrollfeature The acclaimed author of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass was an extraordinary inventor of delightful language
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A brief history of yippee-ki-yayfeature The origin of Bruce Willis' famous phrase dates back centuries
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The mysterious origins of the Jersey Devilfeature This fearsome creature has supposedly haunted the Garden State for hundreds of years. Boo!
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10 weird words we learned from TV this weekfeature Hogcock, kotiate, fart patio, and more
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15 of our favorite words from Mad Men's sixth seasonfeature Yankee wrinkle, bogart, grok, and more
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8 delightfully strange beard and mustache wordsfeature Time to marquisotte that ziff, you weirdie
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10 words we learned from TVfeature Anxiet, truthinews, and more
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10 sneaky pieces of thief slangfeature The true origin stories of grift, busk, smart aleck, and more criminal terms
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13 words and phrases we learned from Downton Abbey's third seasonfeature Hobbledehoy, squiffy, Johnny Foreigner, and more
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A short-tempered history of the 'curmudgeon'feature In honor of National Curmudgeon Day, here are words to allow you to grumble, complain, grouse, kvetch, and whine to your heart's (dis)content
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17 of our favorite words from Game of Thronesfeature Valyrian, pyromancer, warg, and more
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Our favorite bits of 1920s slangfeature Beyond the bee's knees, phrases like French kiss, blind date, sexpert, and backseat driver were all coined in the roaring '20s
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18 delightful words from the final season of The Officefeature Dumpster man, chore wheel, stairmageddon, and more
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11 words coined by Charles Dickensfeature The prolific author's inventive character names have given rise to many words now common in the English language
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8 words coined and popularized by Jonathan Swiftfeature Yahooooooooo!
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The Kentucky Derby: A brief guide to hat-related wordsfeature Some would have you believe the Kentucky Derby is about horse-racing. We know it's really about the hats.
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A short history of Shakespearean insultsfeature Being puppy-headed isn't as adorable as it sounds
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The week in wordsfeature From horse idioms to ATMs that speak Cockney rhyming slang, the highlights from our favorite language blogs and the latest in word news and culture
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