‘Womance’, ‘fridgesurfing’, and ‘hamdog’ – Lucy Mangan’s back with your new word submissions
What is a womance, d’you think? A relationship between two Jonathan Ross impersonators? Between two fans of Womad? Two wombats? … Continued
Brangelina, Dampfnudel, and tsunami of abuse: September’s Words in the News
A recurring theme of this year’s “new words” blog posts has been old words cropping up again in a slightly
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We take a look at the surprising origins behind the word ‘aftermath’
Aftermath Most words that begin with ‘after-’ are self-explanatory. We can all understand why we talk about an ‘aftertaste’, an
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Another day, another handful of terms to add to our ever-growing list of Brexit terminology
New contributor iancim brings us Wexit, which he defines as “the possible withdrawal of Wales and England from the European
A new month equals a new bunch of words. Lucy Mangan takes a look at your recent word submissions
Many of our contributors have written in to make sure that we have added traingate and ram-packed to our word
We take a look at the etymology behind the dreaded word ‘bill’
Bill The news that Apple is facing the world’s largest tax bill prompts an investigation into why we use the
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Zombie knife, British invasion, and Traingate: August’s words in the news
There are some words and phrases that instantly make you go “Woah, what does that mean?” And zombie knife is
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From ‘trickini’ to ‘zoodles’, Lucy Mangan takes a look at your recent word submissions
There is just time, in the dog days of August, for the ‘trickini’ (submitted by tikitaka) to make an appearance.
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We take a look at the etymology behind the word ‘podium’
Podium Like the Olympic Games in which it features so prominently, the word ‘podium’ has its origins in ancient Greece.
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