The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1810 (#088): thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/03/1810... #poem #365haikuaday #oed #haiku
History of the word ‘snob’
Did you know 'snob' once meant a shoemaker?
Or that William Makepeace Thackeray wrote 'The Book of Snobs'?
The latest Oxford English Dictionary update is full of surprising word histories, including the evolution of 'snob'.
🔗 Discover more: oxford.ly/4t7oUi1
#OED #snob #WordStory
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1809 (#087): thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/03/1809... #poem #365haikuaday #oed #haiku
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1808 (#086) thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/03/1808... #poem #365haikuaday #oed #haiku
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1807 (#085) thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/03/1807... #poem #365haikuaday #oed #haiku
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1806 (#084) thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/03/1806... #poem #365haikuaday #oed #haiku
New words in the OED
What's new to the Oxford English Dictionary?
Explore how terms like futurama, techno‑futurist, doomscrolling, and glitch have evolved across time in the latest OED update. 📚
🔗 Learn more: oxford.ly/4c4DzEY
#OED #newwords
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1805 (#083): thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/03/1805... #poem #365haikuaday #oed #haiku
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1804 (#082) thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/03/1804... #poem #365haikuaday #oed #haiku
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1803 (#081): thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/03/1803... #poem #365haikuaday #oed #haiku
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1802 (#080): thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/03/1802... #poem #365haikuaday #oed #haiku
The #OED. There are words in that book that nobody should know, no matter their age. 🤣
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1801 (#079) thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/03/1801... #poem #365haikuaday #oed #haiku
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1800 (#078) thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/03/1800... #poem #365haikuaday #oed #haiku
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1799 (#077): thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/03/1799... #poem #365haikuaday #oed #haiku
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1798 (#076) thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/03/1798... #poem #365haikuaday #oed #haiku
First attestations are always a fun topic - here are some words that #OED cites as first appearing on Twitter/X. Includes cryptocurrency, forever chemical, body-shame, Covid, long Covid, mic drop, unvaxxed, binge view, hypebeast, sharenting, and the list goes on.
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1797 (#075) thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/03/1797... #poem #365haikuaday #oed #haiku
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1795 (#073): thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/03/1795... #poem #365haikuaday #oed #haiku
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1793 (#072) thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/03/1793... #poem #365haikuaday #oed #haiku
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1792 (#071) thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/03/1792... #poem #365haikuaday #oed #haiku
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1791 (#070) thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/03/1791... #poem #365haikuaday #oed #haiku
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1790 (#069): thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/03/1790... #poem #365haikuaday #oed #haiku
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1789 (#068): thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/03/1789... #poem #365haikuaday #oed #haiku
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1787 (#067): thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/03/1787... #poem #365haikuaday #oed #haiku
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1786 (#066): thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/03/1786... #poem #365haikuaday #oed #haiku
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1785 (#065) thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/03/1785... #poem #365haikuaday #oed #haiku
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1783 (#064) thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/03/1783... #poem #365haikuaday #oed #haiku
Ireland is stuck in a legal drama over an ex-teacher. #EnochBurke and his large family of religious fundamentalist headbangers are in a four-year battle with #WilsonsHospital school. The dispute began with the school's request that staff respect a pupil's request that when a pronoun is used […]