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Word of the Week 20: Monty. Origin?Monty?Cards? Etymology shrugs its shoulders

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2015-06-25

Ouagadougou!
11 Dec is National Day of the 'upright people' of Burkina Faso.

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2015-12-11

Casey Weldon

victoriousvocabulary:

AILUROLATRY

[noun]

the worshipping of cats.

Etymology: from Greek aílouros,…

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2016-09-27

day 30
Monday is the day of the the etymology is pretty obvious when you think about it.
But guess what Sunday is all about

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2017-10-31

Happy It's the perfect time to share this little cartoon I've been working on. I'm a ~sucker~ for etymology

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2018-06-22

Sophomore. In a string of garbled etymology, sophomore quite literally means "arguer." Which is fun, since many argue- in a similarly dull etymological sort of way- that it is the combination of "wise" and "foolish."

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2018-12-09

New work thing and a very special film. Excited to be getting this one out into cinemas from Feb 2019. If anyone wants to discuss the phonetics or etymology of the title hit me up. (KA-PER-NEE-UM*) *is one way to say it. ✌

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2018-12-20

It's Today is the Salmon Shark (Lamna ditropis)!

lamna= shark (greek)
di = two (greek)
tropis = keel (greek)

All together-> TWO KEEL SHARK!

Spot on!
(The two keels/ridges at the base of the tail help to identify it as a salmon shark instead of a great white)

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2019-01-28

It's Today is the name of the class that comprises all sharks, Chondrichthyes!

chondr = cartilage (greek)
ichthys = fish (greek)

All together-> CARTILAGE FISH!

Absolutely spot on!

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2019-02-05

Ushi-Oni Etymology for Look at all these good good Spooder cows T^T

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2019-02-13

It's Today is the Copper Shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus)!

karcharos = sharp (greek)
rhinos = nose (greek)
brakhus = short (greek)
oura = tail (greek)

All together-> SHARP NOSE SHORT TAIL!

It's like the shark version of Spongebob Squarepants :)

© Doug Perrine

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2019-03-11

New Saint for Rent update! || The etymology of "sycophant" has roots in French.

⭐⭐ https://t.co/M7yBSPuKdg ⭐⭐

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2019-04-04

some thoughts on marine mammal etymology

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2019-04-05

It's Today is the subclass of sharks & rays, Elasmobranchii!

elasma = beaten metal or elastic (greek)
brankhia = gills (greek)

All together-> BEATEN METAL ELASTIC GILLS!

Probably a reference to the flexible skeletons!

©Patrik Neckman
©Chris Fallows

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2019-04-08

It's Today's the Common Thresher Shark (Alopias vulpinus)!

alopex= fox (greek)
vulpinus= fox (latin) (hence Vulpix the Pokemon!)

All together-> FOX FOX!

Guess because of the big tail? Also called a Fox Shark!

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©BriannaBellerose

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2019-06-10

Cool shows the origins of the word for “city” in European languages. Read the legend - it’s very interesting too! Source: https://t.co/9YduAYhTmV

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2019-06-26

Talk about the etymology of all new words you introduce. Students find it really interesting.

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2019-07-07


[Huffington Post - Brasil] You May Feel Silly When You Find Out What Wi-Fi Actually Stands For https://t.co/I8OmoB9nTk

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2019-07-21

It's Today is the Tropical Sawshark (Pristiophorus delicatus)!

pristis = saw (greek)
phoros= bearing (greek)
delicatus = delicate (latin)

All together-> DELICATE BEARING SAW!

How sweet!

©CSIRO

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2019-09-16

It's Today is the Porbeagle Shark (Lamna nasus)!

lamna= shark (greek)
nasus = nose (latin)

All together-> NOSE SHARK!

Very cute! Love this shark. BOOP!

©DPerrine

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2019-09-30