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Joe Grimwade Cancel: v. 1. To call off/abort an event. 2. To cross something out with lines. As the fluorescent orange lettering on the...

Mar 22, 20192 min read

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Nir Stern It’s 5.30pm and you’re still in the library. A self-imposed deadline is approaching fast and only a cup of coffee and some...

Mar 5, 20192 min read

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Krishnan Ram-Prasad Corruption of third person singular of Lat. i ēre, itself a corruption of Gk Ιἔεμαι, borrowed into English via Low...

Jan 30, 20191 min read

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Joe Grimwade Quiddity: n. 1. The essence of a thing. 2.a. A quibble. 2.b. An eccentricity; a distinctive feature. Two second-rate...

Jan 21, 20192 min read

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Nir Stern It was claimed by Marco Polo that out in the vast desert of Persia there grew a single ‘dry tree’ right at spot of the battle...

Nov 29, 20182 min read

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Joe Grimwade Imagine: you’re standing at the local bus stop when a man sporting a toga and a proud aquiline nose appears beside you. It...

Nov 23, 20181 min read

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