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More Old Love
As promised in our last issue, more old words of love...
LOVE-DREAD refers to the fears that come from love. In the initial state of love however, the lovers are so LOVE-DRUNK that negative thoughts have trouble finding their footing. A LOVE-SEAL, the wax seal on love letters, has obviously little chance of finding employment in an age of digital messages. It's just as well that LOVE-MONEY, a coin broken into two pieces for each lover to carry, is no longer in use. The expression might be confused with other services.
A LOVELOCK or LOVE CURL was a single curl of hair worn on the forehead or temple. A tiny love-curl sits on the back of the head of the Statue of Liberty. It's almost impossible to see without a helicopter. What's it doing there? Only Frederic Bartholdi, the artist who created the famous lady, and the lovers of liberty know.
by Joel Miller
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"Many people neglect rich possibilities for happiness by chasing poor chances to be rich."
Dartwill Aquila |
"What is moral is what you feel good after."
Ernest Hemingway |
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| The first Gladiators (263 BCE) were criminals condemned to death. They 'performed' at a funeral service. The survivor won liberty or at least his life until the next contest. The last Gladiator 'games' occurred in the year 500. |
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Girls! The word girl didn't appear in English until the 13th century. No one knows for certain where it came from. This has generated many fanciful etymologies. But as it was used for both male and female children (a boy could be called a 'knave-girl'), I tend to believe it was derived from Old Low German 'gor' meaning child. |
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"When you're down and out, something always turns up—and it's usually the noses of your friends."
Orson Welles |
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| The following words entered the English language 70 years ago in 1936: |
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Although the word brassiere had been in use since 1909, it wasn't until 1936 that the short form 'bra' got into print. It had to compete at first with the word bras, but the contest didn't last long. |
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The game bingo was a slight variation of what had been called lotto or tombola. The name bingo originated in the USA. British English called the game housey-housey until 'bingo' was adopted in the 1950s |
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