Which Joe gave his name to ‘sloppy joes’? We look at five interesting sandwiches and their lexical origins.
1‘it is sensible to acquaint yourself with some basic facts’
familiarize, make familiar, make conversant, get up to date, keep up to date
accustom to, make known to, make aware of, inform of, advise of, apprise of, brief as to, give information about
enlighten, keep posted, let know
prime on, ground in, instruct in, teach in, educate in, school in, indoctrinate in, initiate into
informal give the gen about, give the low-down on, give a rundown of, fill in on, gen up on, clue up about, clue in on, put in the picture about, keep up to speed with
We take a look at several popular, though confusing, punctuation marks.
From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, discover surprising and intriguing language facts from around the globe.
The definitions of ‘buddy’ and ‘bro’ in the OED have recently been revised. We explore their history and increase in popularity.