Which Joe gave his name to ‘sloppy joes’? We look at five interesting sandwiches and their lexical origins.
1A small southern constellation (the Fly), lying in the Milky Way between the Southern Cross and the south celestial pole.
- 1.1as genitive Muscae /ˈməskē/ Used with preceding letter or numeral to designate a star in this constellation.‘the star Beta Muscae’
- 1.1as genitive Muscae /ˈməskē/ Used with preceding letter or numeral to designate a star in this constellation.
We take a look at several popular, though confusing, punctuation marks.
From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, discover surprising and intriguing language facts from around the globe.
The definitions of ‘buddy’ and ‘bro’ in the OED have recently been revised. We explore their history and increase in popularity.