Tag: British slang

• Hungarian horse carts? The origin of the word “coach” has been on a journey. 

  

  The origin of the word “coach” takes us on a (horse-drawn) journey. Learn more about the far-flung etymology of this word.

  John Kelly

  August 23, 2024

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• Etymology of the Day: What is the “stir” in “stir-crazy”?

  After a long winter, the short days and dark nights, our cold houses and heavy coats, begin to feel like a prison. They make us go stir-crazy, as we say. But why stir? Is it because the confinement make us stir with restlessness? Confinement, it turns out, is behind the stir in stir-crazy, just much more…

  John Kelly

  March 27, 2017

  Etymology of the Day