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What's Up in British English?

on July 05, 2026

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20 most looked-up words in the dictionary?

on July 05, 2026

dictionary language Merriam Webster most looked up words words

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Where does the word baseball come from?

on July 05, 2026

advanced vocabulary baseball baseball vocabulary CEF English Language Level C1 sporting words Where does this word come from? world series

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Which 'Britishisms' did The Beatles introduce America?

on July 04, 2026

#beatles50 advanced vocabulary beatles

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Where does the word dude come from?

on July 04, 2026

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What is schmutter?

on June 18, 2026

etymology fashion what does this word mean? Where does this word come from? yiddish

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How many words did Dickens invent?

on June 18, 2026

Charles Dickens invented words

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Why 'Dutch courage'?

on June 18, 2026

advanced vocabulary etymology Where does this word come from? Dutch courage Why do we say?

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What is a preposition?

on June 18, 2026

english language grammar phrasal verbs prepositions

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What is a 'button ending'?

on June 18, 2026

button ending musical terms

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Origin of the word Bluetooth

on June 18, 2026

bluetooth etmology technology

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Meaning of 'sigma'?

on June 18, 2026

sigma slang Word of the Day

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Origin of term meter maid?

on June 16, 2026

American English english language Sergeant Pepper The Beatles

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What is Bloomsday?

on June 11, 2026

advanced vocabulary bloomsday James Joyce literature ulysses

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What is Ulysses about? Is it worth reading?

on June 11, 2026

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Origin of word masterpiece?

on June 11, 2026

dutch loanwords etymology masterpiece word origins

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What is a humble brag?

on June 11, 2026

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Origin of Troll?

on June 10, 2026

etymology. word origin online vocabulary troll

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