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My Second Etymology Post

August 4th, 2010 · No Comments

It’s funny, in my categories of this blog I have one on “Etymology”, which I have only ever used once before. But lo! It is time once again. Flavorwire has an article with the etymology of 10 genres of music. Punk: While “punk” was once (and still, occasionally) catch-all slang for a young delinquent, “punk [...]

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Soda Pop

August 7th, 2008 · No Comments

I spent 12 years of my life in Columbia, Mo. We called it soda, and according to this map, a county over and I would’ve been on of those hillbillies saying “Pop”, back in those days we had a lot of variety, Apple Slice, Mandarin Slice, Strawberry, Pineapple, who knows which ones I’m forgetting. Then [...]

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Efficiency

April 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Rather than strewing thoughts around various ignored blogs on the internet, I figured it was time to condense into one place that I could properly ignore. So that is the intent here. What a Gyp, According to unreliable sources, Jesus said it was cool if they stole forever. “The Irish Travelers say their ancestors were [...]

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