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Since when did the United States become known as "the States"?

Is the word priorize acceptable? [closed]

How did "bitching" get associated with talking behind people's backs or complaining?

meaning etymology history

Where does the idiom "smacks of x" come from?

etymology idioms

Where does the word "dub" come from? (voice recording) [closed]

Why are evidence and defense spelled with "c" and "s" respectively?

Alas, my true love was "spoken for"

etymology phrases phrase-origin

etymology of looksie / look-see

"Hello, welcome in" as opposed to "Welcome"

word-usage grammaticality etymology expressions differences

What is the origin of the word “shot” with regards to the drinking term “Give me a shot.”

How did English get related words from the same Latin root but different negative prefixes?

etymology negative-prefixes

Why does English have the word "broomstick"?

etymology nouns

A twist of fate

etymology phrases idioms

What is the "bin" in "loony bin"?

etymology phrases

Origins of “Turnkey”

Why does the phrase "as well as" mean "in addition to"?

Where does the word "puppet" come from?

“Mining” as opposed to “minting” w.r.t. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

word-usage etymology semantics linguistics semantic-shift

Why does the word "shop" behave like a non-count noun in phrases like "set up shop"?

etymology idioms uncountable-nouns countable-nouns

What does "Merlin's beard!" mean?

etymology exclamations