The last several months have left many wondering: Where did 2020 come from? While we can't answer that, a Sept. 9 Facebook post is attempting to find meaning in the unknown, by explaining the origins ...

Thanks to 150 years of fictionalization in dime novels, Hollywood films, and television shows, that hallowed time and place in American history known as the Old West is as much a figment of the ...

Many of the phrases you use every day have histories that go much deeper than they seem on the surface. While they’ve become part of casual conversation, their origins often reflect older customs, ...

From let the cat out of the bag to dog days of summer, there are all sorts of idiomatic expressions that don’t actually mean what they sound like they mean. Take quit cold turkey, for instance.

We sprinkle these expressions into everyday conversation like linguistic confetti: catchy little turns of phrase that make our language colorful and familiar. We “bite the bullet” when the moment ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When people talk about “the whole nine yards,” just what are they talking about? For decades the answer to that question has been the Bigfoot of word origins ...

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I need to know the origin of the phrase "productive member of society" for a discussion list that I participate in.<BR><BR>I believe part of the origin of the concept comes from Locke's Second ...