Babies and Glasses Are the Cutest Babies

Etymology is the study of words and their meanings in English. It's a job that requires "a lot of precision, a lot of dispassion," he says. Etymologists are supposed to write dictionary entries with very little character - except for 'pazazz', meaning flair or vitality.

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