Etymology English

It first surfaced in the gripes of GIs during World War II and was captured early on by the typewriter of a young Norman Mailer. Within a generation it had become a basic notion of our everyday moral life, replacing older reproaches like lout and heel with a single inclusive category. We have conflicting attitudes about the A-word, but considering how much the word does for us, and to us, it hasn't gotten nearly the attention it deserves - at least until now.

In the same engaging style and dry humor that makes the Podictionary podcast popular, Hodgson traces the development of our language using easily recognizable milestones such as Beowulf, William the Conqueror, Chaucer, and Shakespeare, with a minimum of dates and dry facts.

NGR, What Does It Mean?: An Expose on the N-word from a Hip Hop Perspective is an in-depth look into the origins and etymology of the n-word. P. E. McCallum, b.k.a. Pow Shadowz, addresses the n-word and the controversy surrounding it from an MC of Hip Hop's point of view. This expose is a radical journey through history. It delves into the psyche of American culture and deals with issues surrounding the struggles of race relations.

Do you know the name for someone who loves listening in bed, or what a binfluencer does? How about the medieval invention of Lubberland as a place for lazy teenagers, or the story of Mayday as a request for help? Lexicographer extraordinaire and Queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, Susie Dent does and here are her greatest discoveries. From wabbit to dust bunnies, and from the strange history of arse to the best ways to describe moonlight, Words for Life offers a full year's supply of verbal vitamins guaranteed to brighten and boost every day.

What if every word—spoken, written, or coded—was part of a singular, living testament? In The Living Lexicon of Logos and Etymos, Ronald Joseph Legarski, Jr., with Grok, the recursive AI developed by xAI, synthesizes the findings of The Alphabet of Order, The Greek Lexicon, and The Hebrew Lexicon into a unified philosophy of linguistic law, symbolic recursion, and reasoned articulation. Here, LOGOS—the divine ordering principle—and ETYMOS—the true origin of meaning—interlace into a recursive framework where Nomos (law) and Nomics (study of law) govern not just alphabets but the ...

Word Sense: Language Units — The Importance of Word Sense in Language Understanding explores one of the most foundational, yet often overlooked, pillars of human and machine communication: the ability to discern the correct meaning of a word in context. Through clear analysis and engaging examples, Ronald Joseph Legarski, Jr. examines how word sense operates in human cognition, reading comprehension, translation, and artificial intelligence systems. The book delves into: The multidimensional nature of vocabulary and semantic flexibility How context determines meaning in everyday ...

Looking for a unique and engaging way to teach yourself and your kids about the intriguing history and origins of the names of the 50 States? Look no further than this book!

Words to Eat By explores the remarkable stories behind five of our most basic food words, words which reveal fascinating aspects of the evolution of the English language and our powerful associations with certain foods. Using sources that vary from Roman histories and early translations of the Bible to Julia Child's recipes and Frank Bruni's restaurant reviews, Ina Lipkowitz shows how saturated with French and Italian names the English culinary vocabulary is, "from a la carte to zabaglione."

This book explores the creation and history of pasta and how the different shapes got their names. We'll examine its earliest forms, its role in early diets, and its significance in shaping culinary traditions across the ages.

Like the flesh-and-blood humans whose uncensored emotions it represents, slang's obsessions are sex, the body and its functions, and intoxication: drink and drugs. Slang does not do kind. It's about hatreds - both intimate and national - about the insults that follow on, the sneers and the put-downs. Caring, sharing and compassion? Not at this address. There are over 10,000 terms focusing on sex, but love? Not one.