Etymologists get it.
November 5, 2026 at 6:01 AM
Etymologists get it.
Blexas, Blouth Blarolina and Blansas? Etymologists will want to study the 2026 midterms
We Needed a New Vocabulary to Describe the 2026 Midterms
It was a historic night for Democrats — and the English language.
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November 4, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Blexas, Blouth Blarolina and Blansas? Etymologists will want to study the 2026 midterms
The fact that ships, too, in dreams stand for women is made credible by the etymologists, who tell us that '*Schiff*' was originally the name of an earthenware vessel and is the same word as '*Schaff*'. That ovens represent women and the uterus is confirmed by the Greek legend of Periander {cont}
November 6, 2026 at 5:54 PM
The fact that ships, too, in dreams stand for women is made credible by the etymologists, who tell us that '*Schiff*' was originally the name of an earthenware vessel and is the same word as '*Schaff*'. That ovens represent women and the uterus is confirmed by the Greek legend of Periander {cont}
In an unusual collaboration between biologists and etymologists, an insertion mutation has been noted in the word 'corporation'; the insertion is an 's'. It has now become corpsoration. It is too early to tell if there is a long term fixation in the population.
November 2, 2026 at 8:00 PM
In an unusual collaboration between biologists and etymologists, an insertion mutation has been noted in the word 'corporation'; the insertion is an 's'. It has now become corpsoration. It is too early to tell if there is a long term fixation in the population.
It's origins are uncertain some etymologists connect it to the Old Irish word 'lám' (hand) with a prefixed g- sound. Others track it alongside Scottish Gaelic variants ('glàm', meaning to devour or gobble up greedily), which may share a substrate origin mimicking the action of clamping down
November 2, 2026 at 8:46 PM
It's origins are uncertain some etymologists connect it to the Old Irish word 'lám' (hand) with a prefixed g- sound. Others track it alongside Scottish Gaelic variants ('glàm', meaning to devour or gobble up greedily), which may share a substrate origin mimicking the action of clamping down
Since everything is ephemeral now and this video will likely be lost to time etymologists in the future are going to spend ages trying to work out the origins of the phrase 'Burkeing the Archbishop'.
Enoch Burke was filmed assaulting Archbishop John McDowell, who is the current Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, today in Armagh. I hope he makes a complaint, as the PSNI *may* be better at arresting Burke than the gardaí are.
He's an awful dose ffs!
He's an awful dose ffs!
October 30, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Since everything is ephemeral now and this video will likely be lost to time etymologists in the future are going to spend ages trying to work out the origins of the phrase 'Burkeing the Archbishop'.
Noun for a Passel of Cats Plunges Britons Into Not-So-Great Debate; A Cluther of Etymologists (Gift Article) (05/21/1951)
f the nyt
f the nyt
Noun for a Passel of Cats Plunges Britons Into Not-So-Great Debate; A Cluther of Etymologists (Gift Article)
London Times debate on noun for assembly of cats noted
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October 28, 2026 at 5:54 PM
all the same: if the purpose of "quadtych" was to make hobby etymologists like myself a little crazy, mission accomplished
October 26, 2026 at 1:07 PM
all the same: if the purpose of "quadtych" was to make hobby etymologists like myself a little crazy, mission accomplished
Etymologists tend to agree, pinpointing the arrival of "butt naked" sometime in the late 60s.
October 24, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Etymologists tend to agree, pinpointing the arrival of "butt naked" sometime in the late 60s.
So etymologists jargle at each other?
October 22, 2026 at 11:55 PM
So etymologists jargle at each other?
But instead of ultimately tracing the word back to Latin, etymologists place the root of the word in the Arabic “fardah,” meaning “package.”
October 20, 2026 at 6:26 PM
But instead of ultimately tracing the word back to Latin, etymologists place the root of the word in the Arabic “fardah,” meaning “package.”
Just realized that in like 10 years the TikTok etymologists are all going to tell us that the common usage of "trump" originated with Trump
October 19, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Just realized that in like 10 years the TikTok etymologists are all going to tell us that the common usage of "trump" originated with Trump
If all language is figured out because the dictionary is always right then we don't need etymologists any longer.
October 17, 2026 at 1:59 AM
If all language is figured out because the dictionary is always right then we don't need etymologists any longer.
This "lawyer vs attorney" hairsplitting olympics is weird; do these linguists and etymologists have any solid basis for what they're going on about? Or is it a bunch of blowhards being condescending on the internet?
October 15, 2026 at 11:22 PM
This "lawyer vs attorney" hairsplitting olympics is weird; do these linguists and etymologists have any solid basis for what they're going on about? Or is it a bunch of blowhards being condescending on the internet?
Most likely although etymologists still can't quite get a direct link of church to Greek but can to early Germanic. Who likely borrowed it from the Greeks
As I said elsewhere there's a lot of laziness in this map
As I said elsewhere there's a lot of laziness in this map
October 15, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Most likely although etymologists still can't quite get a direct link of church to Greek but can to early Germanic. Who likely borrowed it from the Greeks
As I said elsewhere there's a lot of laziness in this map
As I said elsewhere there's a lot of laziness in this map
Hahaha, words never change their meaning? Gosh, I must let the etymologists know
October 13, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Hahaha, words never change their meaning? Gosh, I must let the etymologists know
angering pedants and etymologists everywhere, trump will be the first republican king.
October 13, 2026 at 1:55 AM
angering pedants and etymologists everywhere, trump will be the first republican king.
yeah i sorta suspect its some combination of this and first nations. you get a lot of that and they get hard for etymologists to nail down i think
October 13, 2026 at 3:06 AM
yeah i sorta suspect its some combination of this and first nations. you get a lot of that and they get hard for etymologists to nail down i think
Wait wait wait. Linguists, etymologists, and other language culture guardians. Before we say no to calling it SI vs AI. Hear me out. Just hear me out.
(Clears throat)
Superficial Intelligence is a more accurate term for it anyways and it's right there.
Thank you for coming to my ted talk.
(Clears throat)
Superficial Intelligence is a more accurate term for it anyways and it's right there.
Thank you for coming to my ted talk.
October 9, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Wait wait wait. Linguists, etymologists, and other language culture guardians. Before we say no to calling it SI vs AI. Hear me out. Just hear me out.
(Clears throat)
Superficial Intelligence is a more accurate term for it anyways and it's right there.
Thank you for coming to my ted talk.
(Clears throat)
Superficial Intelligence is a more accurate term for it anyways and it's right there.
Thank you for coming to my ted talk.
No, but etymologists would say left-handed is more sinister.
October 7, 2026 at 7:38 PM
No, but etymologists would say left-handed is more sinister.
No no, standardized historical speech is relevant.
That's the such etymologists make content out of
That's the such etymologists make content out of
October 6, 2026 at 7:17 PM
No no, standardized historical speech is relevant.
That's the such etymologists make content out of
That's the such etymologists make content out of
I was walking in the fields earlier and met two etymologists who had been photographing clouds. Go figure but they said this was a rainbow cloud. Anyway, it looked beautiful. More like an orange sherbet lemon explosion of a sneeze to me, though.
#Cloudscape
#ECK #Photography
#Art
#Cloudscape
#ECK #Photography
#Art
October 4, 2026 at 7:25 PM
I was walking in the fields earlier and met two etymologists who had been photographing clouds. Go figure but they said this was a rainbow cloud. Anyway, it looked beautiful. More like an orange sherbet lemon explosion of a sneeze to me, though.
#Cloudscape
#ECK #Photography
#Art
#Cloudscape
#ECK #Photography
#Art
trying to visualize a design for a workout shirt that reads, "MUSCLES? nah man I said LITTLE MICE", a joke that will hit for etymologists and nobody else
October 3, 2026 at 1:29 PM
trying to visualize a design for a workout shirt that reads, "MUSCLES? nah man I said LITTLE MICE", a joke that will hit for etymologists and nobody else
Someone hit me with the whole "fuck is an acronym" myth yesterday, so here's a reminder of why that claim makes absolutely no fucking sense. (And shit isn't an acronym either!)
uselessetymology.com/2026/09/29/f...
uselessetymology.com/2026/09/29/f...
“Fuck” Isn’t an Acronym, and Other Etymological Fuckery
The following is a modified excerpt from my second book, Words from Hell. Many armchair etymologists like to claim that the infamous F-bomb is an acronym, standing for phrases such as “fornication …
uselessetymology.com
September 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Someone hit me with the whole "fuck is an acronym" myth yesterday, so here's a reminder of why that claim makes absolutely no fucking sense. (And shit isn't an acronym either!)
uselessetymology.com/2026/09/29/f...
uselessetymology.com/2026/09/29/f...
I could have sworn I'd heard the phrase ages before, but hey...who am I to argue with the etymologists?
But I have a funny anecdote re: this term/movie...for some reason my dad didn't understand the phrase was linked to "kicking the bucket." He thought you LITERALLY put slips of paper in a bucket
But I have a funny anecdote re: this term/movie...for some reason my dad didn't understand the phrase was linked to "kicking the bucket." He thought you LITERALLY put slips of paper in a bucket
September 29, 2026 at 4:40 PM
I could have sworn I'd heard the phrase ages before, but hey...who am I to argue with the etymologists?
But I have a funny anecdote re: this term/movie...for some reason my dad didn't understand the phrase was linked to "kicking the bucket." He thought you LITERALLY put slips of paper in a bucket
But I have a funny anecdote re: this term/movie...for some reason my dad didn't understand the phrase was linked to "kicking the bucket." He thought you LITERALLY put slips of paper in a bucket