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Miscreants, quarry, and records: changes of “heart”
On Valentine’s Day, hearts are everywhere. Candy hearts. Heart emoji. Every imaginable sort of heart-shaped chocolate, greeting card, decorative banner, bric-a-brac. Hearts even swell in our words – and not just the likes sweetheart or, depending on how feel about the holiday, heartsick. I grant you no quarry, you discordant, incredulous, myocardial miscreant! Yes, these…
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Issuing an etymological “executive order”
Executive, first found in Middle English, goes all the way back to Latin, but it’s not until the presidency of Abraham Lincoln that we see executive order. Since taking office, President Trump has issued eight executive orders. As his most controversial directive, the travel ban, goes to court, let’s go into the history of the word…
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Mashed Radish reader survey
Survey ultimately comes from the Latin supervidere, “to oversee,” literally to “look over (a place).” On that note, I want to know what you think about Mashed Radish. What do you like or dislike? What else would you be interested in seeing from the blog? So, I’ve put together a short survey. It’s only 10 questions and…
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