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Sean Murthy<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FTW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTW</span></a>. The <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sanskrit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sanskrit</span></a> word "tumula" (तुमुल) can mean "tumult" in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a>. 🤓</p><p>Merriam-Webster mentions the possibility of tumult deriving from Sanskrit but only tentatively. Wiktionary and a few others I have access to make no mention.</p><p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tumult" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">merriam-webster.com/dictionary</span><span class="invisible">/tumult</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>learning</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/dictionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictionary</span></a></p>
Content Catnip<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pellucid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pellucid</span></a>: An adjective meaning "transparent, translucent, admitting the passage of light." Originating from the 1610s, from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Latin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Latin</span></a>&nbsp;pellucidus <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ancientwords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancientwords</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/light" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>light</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shine</span></a></p><p><a href="http://contentcatnip.com/2025/05/11/ancient-word-pellucid/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">contentcatnip.com/2025/05/11/a</span><span class="invisible">ncient-word-pellucid/</span></a></p>
Wordorigins.org<p>blaster</p><p><a href="https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/blaster" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wordorigins.org/big-list-entri</span><span class="invisible">es/blaster</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/wordorigins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wordorigins</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/starwars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>starwars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a></p>
Tim J<p>Just realised that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>German</span></a> "über" looks suspiciously close to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> "hyper" and must surely come from the same Greek original (presumably ύπερ?) It's not far from "over" either (English, Norwegian), suggesting all three might be related. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a></p>
Head·word /ˈhedˌwɜː(ɹ)d/ n.<p>The origins of ‘say “uncle”’</p><p><a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/57984/why-do-we-say-uncle" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mentalfloss.com/article/57984/</span><span class="invisible">why-do-we-say-uncle</span></a></p><p><a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/OED" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OED</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/OxfordEnglishDictionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OxfordEnglishDictionary</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/lexicography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lexicography</span></a></p>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>For <a href="https://toot.community/tags/NationalTourismDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalTourismDay</span></a>, may we direct you to our video about the Olympics, Amateurs, and – it turns out – tourism? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im0C18vcyFE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=im0C18vcyF</span><span class="invisible">E</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Etymology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Video</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WordNerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordNerd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Words</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalLinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/LingComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LingComm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/amateur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amateur</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/olympics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>olympics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/tourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourism</span></a></p>
Wordorigins.org<p>banjax</p><p><a href="https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/banjax" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wordorigins.org/big-list-entri</span><span class="invisible">es/banjax</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/wordorigins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wordorigins</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a></p>
Abie<p>Les mini-vidéos de l'éthymothèque sont beaucoup trop mignonnes ! &lt;3<br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/etymologie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymologie</span></a> <br><a href="https://youtu.be/lNsL7B-KWdU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/lNsL7B-KWdU</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>Happy <a href="https://toot.community/tags/NationalTeacherDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalTeacherDay</span></a>! Thank you to all the teachers whose work is so important. To mark the day, here’s our video on the etymologies and history of education: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR0YVsr8QhU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=fR0YVsr8Qh</span><span class="invisible">U</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/NationalTeachersDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalTeachersDay</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/TeacherAppreciationDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeacherAppreciationDay</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/TeacherAppreciationWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeacherAppreciationWeek</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Etymology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Video</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WordNerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordNerd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Words</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalLinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/LingComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LingComm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Teachers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Teachers</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a></p>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>The <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ConnectedAtBirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConnectedAtBirth</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> of the week is CONCLAVE/EXVLUSIVE/CLOSE/CONCLUDE <a href="https://toot.community/tags/wotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wotd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/conclave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conclave</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/exclusive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exclusive</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/close" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>close</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/conclude" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conclude</span></a></p>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>It’s <a href="https://toot.community/tags/NationalCartoonistsDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalCartoonistsDay</span></a>! Here’s our video “Marvel” about the history of comics and cartoons, to celebrate! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_V7GSoi314" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=R_V7GSoi31</span><span class="invisible">4</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Etymology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Video</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WordNerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordNerd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Words</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalLinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/LingComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LingComm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Marvel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marvel</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Comics</span></a></p>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>Happy <a href="https://toot.community/tags/MuseumLoversDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MuseumLoversDay</span></a>! Did you know that ‘museum’ and ‘music’ are related words? We got into that in our video on Music, but we talked about the early history of museums in this Endnote: <a href="https://youtu.be/tbvvu2NDL-A" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/tbvvu2NDL-A</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Etymology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Video</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WordNerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordNerd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Words</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalLinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/LingComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LingComm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Museum</span></a></p>
Wordorigins.org<p>pita</p><p><a href="https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/pita" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wordorigins.org/big-list-entri</span><span class="invisible">es/pita</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/wordorigins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wordorigins</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a></p>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>It’s <a href="https://toot.community/tags/BirdDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirdDay</span></a>! So here are some bird etymologies to celebrate: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HITkoa7q5J0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=HITkoa7q5J</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Etymology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Video</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WordNerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordNerd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Words</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalLinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/LingComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LingComm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birds</span></a></p>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>Happy <a href="https://toot.community/tags/StarWarsDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StarWarsDay</span></a>! Here’s the surprisingly connected origins of "protocol" and "droid" (and why blue milk is kind of the thing that glues them together)! <a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/ibFTMbTBFAI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/ibFTMbTBFAI</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WordNerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordNerd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/lingcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lingcomm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/c3p0" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>c3p0</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/droid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>droid</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/starwars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>starwars</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/maythe4thbewithyou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maythe4thbewithyou</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/bluemilk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bluemilk</span></a></p>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>Happy <a href="https://toot.community/tags/FreeComicBookDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeComicBookDay</span></a>! So here’s our video “Marvel” about the history of comics, to celebrate! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_V7GSoi314" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=R_V7GSoi31</span><span class="invisible">4</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Etymology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Video</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WordNerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordNerd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Words</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalLinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/LingComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LingComm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Marvel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marvel</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Comics</span></a></p>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>It’s <a href="https://toot.community/tags/InternationalScurvyAwarenessDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalScurvyAwarenessDay</span></a>! Do you know the connection between the classic cocktail the Gimlet, and the search for a cure for scurvy? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7jEH6E6l90" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=V7jEH6E6l9</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Etymology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Video</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WordNerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordNerd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Words</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalLinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/LingComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LingComm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Scurvy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scurvy</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Gimlet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gimlet</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Cocktails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cocktails</span></a></p>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>Happy <a href="https://toot.community/tags/NationalLifeInsuranceDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalLifeInsuranceDay</span></a>! We actually have an appropriate video, that covers the origins of life insurance: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejaOKvarqkg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=ejaOKvarqk</span><span class="invisible">g</span></a><br>It’s actually the third in a series about insurance and mathematics and coffee, if you’re looking for more!</p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Etymology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Video</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WordNerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordNerd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Words</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalLinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/LingComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LingComm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insurance</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Math</span></a></p>
Wordorigins.org<p>Luddite</p><p><a href="https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/luddite" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wordorigins.org/big-list-entri</span><span class="invisible">es/luddite</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/wordorigins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wordorigins</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p>If you were seeking an infodump on the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> of the term <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/redneck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>redneck</span></a>: <a href="https://youtu.be/jiJy8ah58_M" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/jiJy8ah58_M</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>