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  1. The many possible origins of the word "nerd"
  2. Brazilian waxing
  3. Bumfuk, Egypt
  4. Sleep Tight
  5. More Baulderdash and Piffle
  6. Klingon-speaking child
  7. Chilitos
  8. The word 'upset' was not used in sports until Man O' War's loss...
  9. Lost-in-translation signs to be cleansed for Olympics
  10. Origin of "hir" - gender neutral pronoun?
  11. What irony is, and what it ain't
  12. Aluminum vs. aluminium
  13. Greenland
  14. Taresthesia
  15. Piggy banks
  16. Kangaroo.
  17. Most Chinese share just 100 family names
  18. 'Sunshine' is a racist term?
  19. Camel's-hair brushes
  20. Origin of "excruciating"
  21. Easy Victor
  22. Let's take a whack at this urban legend
  23. Saggin'
  24. Closing in on "the whole nine yards"
  25. 'Mistake' comes from the movies?
  26. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
  27. Wearing drag
  28. Boston accents
  29. Ma'am
  30. Disgruntled Former Lexicographer
  31. "Cup of joe"
  32. Dictionary treasure hunt
  33. Jarhead, Grunt, and Gyrene
  34. Peeping Tom
  35. Origin of "the easy way" and "the hard way"
  36. Men think they have found true origin of "Dogtown" name
  37. Go sip 'gossip'
  38. Tracking the evolution of language
  39. Worth his salt
  40. Voynich Manuscript
  41. Revealed: Chubby Victorian footballer who inspired 'who ate all the pies' chant
  42. 'Snob' origins
  43. To get to Paradise, some Americans go to Intercourse first
  44. Freeze your liver off
  45. Umgawa
  46. Why is it Spain and not Espana?
  47. The origins of etymythology
  48. Etymology question: Deadline
  49. Endless task to end
  50. Sweating Blood
  51. Hemingway story
  52. Moomba
  53. Up the creek
  54. An Urban Legend that Binds Us: The word “Picnic”
  55. Cougar
  56. "Howdy" = "How die?"
  57. A rabbit ran over my grave?
  58. Sam Hill
  59. "Gagging for a..."
  60. Vauxhall = station?
  61. "It's not over until the fat lady sinks"
  62. "Contemplating one's navel"
  63. On the Myth of Ape Language
  64. "Ten-dollar word"
  65. What’s in a Name? Ask Knockemstiff
  66. Why Are 'Mama' and 'Dada' a Baby's First Words?
  67. Origin of 'To cut off your nose to spite your face"?
  68. Ms. = "Marxist Sister"
  69. Who You Callin' a Maverick?
  70. Gay = "Good as you"
  71. Franking privileges
  72. "Le - a"
  73. The NFBSK origin of the word "goosebumps"
  74. "Sod this for a game of soldiers" from Welsh Revolt
  75. Murphy's Law
  76. Novi, MI
  77. Magee's "High Flight" written in stratosphere?
  78. W.B. Darling
  79. 'Meh' is more useful than 'weaselnose'
  80. Railway Series and the Gunpowder Plot
  81. Noah Webster: The definition of Yankee know-how
  82. Stand on your head and spit wooden nickels
  83. 8 Racist Words You Use Every Day
  84. Puerto Rico
  85. Canada geese
  86. Britons: Justin Case, Barry Cade, Ray Gunn
  87. Crime, Punishment & Redemption
  88. Why "Oscar" Wilde?
  89. Grunt = Ground Recruit Usually Not Trained
  90. Getting shafted
  91. Goosie Goosie Gander
  92. Chinese fire drill
  93. Dude
  94. Origins of London borough names
  95. The cake is a lie
  96. Jourdon Anderson's Letter to His Old Master
  97. Bistro
  98. "The Truth about Mother Goose"
  99. Wog
  100. Dog and pony show
  101. Sundaes
  102. Nome
  103. Banana benders
  104. The clap
  105. Blowing smoke up one's ass
  106. Snafu
  107. The term 'Cronkiter' faces scrutiny, debunking
  108. The Logic Behind Numbers
  109. Etymology of 'government'
  110. "No vice in Grahamstown"
  111. Fairy tales have ancient origin
  112. Hushpuppies
  113. Yucatán = "I don't understand"
  114. Encyclopedia Britannica banned in Texas
  115. Turkey in Turkey
  116. Got milk?
  117. Dr. Seuss denied admission to UVA; inspired the Grinch
  118. The Mysterious Origins of "Oh Snap!"
  119. Eating your own dog food
  120. Halitosis
  121. Microsoft mistranslation
  122. Acronym: can't understand normal thinking
  123. No price too high
  124. ‘Mad as a Hatter’: The History of a Simile
  125. Chicken, AK