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I've been rummaging in the Wordfoolery Archives again and this week's dusty gem is the Roman history of the word bankrupt. Enjoy! wordfoolery.wordpress.com/2016/01/01/t... #etymology #WordsTheRomansGaveUs

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Penthouse is the word on Wordfoolery this week, one which has changed significantly since its humble origins. wordfoolery.wordpress.com/2025/07/21/t... #wordstheromansgaveus #etymology

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This week Wordfoolery explores the inky and arty roots of the word miniature. wordfoolery.wordpress.com/2025/03/17/t... #etymology #WordsTheRomansGaveUs

The Airy Word History of Inspiration Hello, I was recording a podcast episode yesterday (with the lovely Dan and Shauna from Bunny Trails) which will release in Dec 2024, and one of the questions they asked me was where I got my inspi…

This week Wordfoolery looks at the airy history of the word inspiration - wordfoolery.wordpress.com/2024/11/25/t...
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The Holy History of Precarious Hello. This week's word is precarious, a word with a surprisingly holy history. With my sense of balance, crossing these would be precarious indeed My own most frequent use of precarious is related to...

This week on my word history blog - the surprising holy and legal history of precarious. wordfoolery.wordpress.com/2024/04/22/t... #etymology #WordsTheRomansGaveUs

Oh Those Convivial Romans Hello, I'm reading "The Wordhord" by Hana Videen at the moment and given that it's about Old English words, I really shouldn't be writing about a Roman word in English, but she mentioned convivial in ...

Convivial is the word this week on Wordfoolery - time to explore how the Romans feasted, with a little help from a Pharoah, and a houseful of women. wordfoolery.wordpress.com/2024/04/15/o... #etymology #WordsTheRomansGaveUs #Romans

Hasty Angels and the Word History of Precipitation Hello, It's a wet Monday here. The forecast is for rain all day long. The puddles are forming in my garden and my walking shoes are glaring at me, daring me to test their water-proof-ness. Instead of ...

A rainy Monday so let's explore the word history of precipitation, with thanks to some hasty angels and the Romans. wordfoolery.wordpress.com/2024/04/08/h...
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Completed jigsaw puzzle of Shakespearan London complete with the river, Globe Theatre, Tower of London and lots of his characters.

This week on Wordfoolery - the puzzling history of the dissectologists and how to get a word into the dictionary. wordfoolery.wordpress.com/2024/01/29/t... #etymology #wordstheromansgaveus

Wordfoolery explores the papal origins of the word propaganda on the blog this week. #WordsTheRomansGaveUs #etymology wordfoolery.wordpress.com/2023/10/23/t...