Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

New Words from WWII. How Places Like Featherstonehaugh Get Their Names. Uncoming.

Nov 11, 2021

18:46

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Using the Word Jeep to Describe an Injection

03:54

Cadet Knucklehead, Quote, Does Everything Cadets Are Not Supposed to Do

01:51

Worcestershire

04:07

Introduction

3min

Work Like a Beaver

4min

Cadet Knucklehead, Quote, Does Everything Cadets Are Not Supposed to Do

2min

Using the Word Jeep to Describe an Injection

4min

Worcestershire

4min

A Familec Story From Daniel Kirk

2min

WWII was a rich source of new words for the English language. Before the 1940s, you couldn't tell an eager beaver to shut his pie hole while you were being debriefed by the head honcho. And you'll be amazed by the origin of the word "Jeep." And in honor of NaNoWriMo—because you have to name so many things in fiction—we talked about the most common ways places get their names.

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