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Understanding the original meaning of face-off in hockey

etymology word-usage

How did it happen that there are two different words "insulation" and "isolation" for virtually the same concept? [closed]

etymology loanwords historical-change

Who coined the term "baseball diplomacy" (and when)?

etymology expressions

Why do we use the term "hike" to describe an increase in price, value etc?

How did the expression "put the blame on" come about?

etymology expressions

"Scouring the globe", literal origins?

Use of the 'bird' when referring to a young maiden [duplicate]

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Does the etymology of "tithe" include the Greek "tithenai"?

Arcing up: cats or electricity?

etymology slang australian-english

Does "51" meaning crack cocaine have any relation to police code "5150"?

etymology slang

Origin of "wannabe" and its precursors

etymology slang

I used to go to Brighton

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Origin of the saying 'It's a soda'?

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What is the origin of the term "red team" for a group simulating an adversary?

How can a word for 'the act of Xing', semantically shift to mean 'the thing Xed'? [duplicate]

Where did the words "white-collar" and "blue-collar" come from? [closed]

etymology idioms colors

What are the words that can't exist without their prefix or suffix? [duplicate]

etymology antonyms morphology

Where does "give something a whirl" come from?

What does the expression "for crying out loud" mean? [closed]

etymology euphemisms minced-oaths

Where does "acutilobate" originate from?

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