Vulgar language and criminal slang

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The strangest quirks of the English language

Which was the original 'football'? | SPORTS WORDS

Where do first names come from?

Are pets called 'pets' because we pet them?

What did North, South, East & West originally mean?

100 Quick-fire Word Facts

Who was the first to 'spill the beans'? | SAYINGS EXPLAINED

Why are we saying 'Caesar' wrong? | TITLES & POWER

What does 'dinosaur' literally mean? | DINOSAURS

What is the 'Eng' in 'England'? | COUNTRY NAME ORIGINS

Why do news anchors all sound the same? | NEWS WORDS

How could one man write a dictionary? | SAMUEL JOHNSON

Why is it called a 'cockpit'? | AVIATION WORDS

How did currencies get their names? | MONEY WORD ORIGINS

Does English use the wrong word for clouds? | WEATHER WORDS

Exposing grammar myths and mistakes with Grammar Girl

Why is English full of French words?

Precisely how long is a 'moment'? | TIME WORDS

What was the original "blockbuster"? | MOVIE WORDS

Why is there a cat in "caterpillar"? | BUG WORDS

Why is the Pope "the daddy"?

Why do Brits think 'pants' are underwear? | CLOTHING WORDS

Why is there an N in "passenger"?

Why do we say "as mad as a hatter"? | IDIOM ORIGINS

Is it a restroom or a loo?

Did Shakespeare write all his plays?

How do you pronounce lieutenant? | MILITARY WORDS

Why do we mind our Ps and Qs? | PRINTING TERMS

Where do swear words come from?

Which flower makes you wet the bed? | FLOWER NAME ORIGINS

Is this a rhetorical question? | RHETORIC & LITERARY DEVICES

How did our naughty bits get their names? | BODY ETYMOLOGY

What's the difference between a violin and a fiddle? | MUSIC WORDS

Who invented zero? | MATH & NUMBERS

Who was the original "goodfella"? | CRIME WORDS

Who was the first to "paint the town red"? | IDIOM ORIGINS

Is he Santa Claus or Father Christmas? | FESTIVE WORD ORIGINS

What did a "sin-eater" do? | JOB ETYMOLOGY

Is it a 'full stop' or a 'period'? | PUNCTUATION

Is corporate jargon "a value add"? | JARGON ETYMOLOGY

Who is the Jack in a deck of cards? | GAME WORDS

Which cocktail means "moist little thing"? | BOOZY WORDS

How can "tree" and "truth" be related? | WOODLAND WORDS

How are people using "mortified" wrongly? | EMOTION ETYMOLOGY

What's the 'were' in werewolf? | SPOOKY ETYMOLOGY

Why does oxygen have the wrong name? | ELEMENTS

What is antidisestablishmentarianism? | THE LONGEST WORDS

Why are you a nincompoop? | INSULTS

Do geese see god? | PALINDROMES

Why is the word "dog" such a mystery? | ANIMAL WORDS

What mystery did the original "clue" solve? | MYTHOLOGY WORDS

Can a word be its own opposite? | CONTRONYMS

Do "vegetables" technically exist? | FOOD WORDS

What exactly is a "petard"? | FOSSIL WORDS

Have you ever had the mulligrubs? | LOST WORDS

How did the planets get their names? | SPACE WORDS

Did the Greeks have no word for blue? COLOR WORDS

The battle between British and American English