Tag: race
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Race, sex, and underwear: the debated origins of “shimmy”
The first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump gave us plenty to talk about, including a number of words themselves: stamina, cyber, temperament, braggadocious, and, thanks to some since-viral shoulder shaking from Clinton, shimmy. After a Trumpian word salad late in the debate, Clinton issued a “Whoo! OK!” accompanied by a wide grin and…
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race
This past Sunday, talk show pundits analyzed the latest developments on the 2016 presidential race. Yesterday, runners braved the rain–and memories–to race in the Boston Marathon. Where does this word race come running from? Race The word race has a lot of legs–and many different meanings over the centuries. In reference to the “act of running,” the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) dates the word…
Mashed Radish 