Nov 11, 2015 · All the livelong day: the expression is actually generally used with a negative connotation, to refer to a period of time …

Dec 22, 2012 · This question is a tad backwards, because looking at the etymology, it's rather clear that it's not a prefix that was …

Jan 29, 2011 · I heard myself saying something was "tickety-boo", meaning good, successful, or satisfactory. Does anyone know …

Aug 16, 2011 · According to Google's Books Ngram Viewer, the phrase was coined some time around 1800 and peaked around …

May 24, 2012 · Anglo-Saxon (i.e. English ca. 500-1100 AD) dates were written in full sentences (e.g. "fifteenth day before the calends …

Mar 21, 2015 · An was originally an unstressed form of the number ān 'one'. Juncture loss: In a process called juncture loss, the n …

Sep 6, 2010 · The first word of the expression is now good and not God, for good replaced God by analogy with such expressions as …

Purportedly this was the terminology used by Native Americans (at least in kiddie westerns of the 40s and 50s). "Many moons ago" …

Sep 10, 2012 · In old books, people often use the spelling "to-day" instead of "today". When did the change happen? Also, when …

As the Marine Corps Training Reference Manual on the history of Marine Recon is named “Aarugha!” (1989), the explanation that it …