Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris
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Why is English full of French words?
Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris
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Precisely how long is a 'moment'? | TIME WORDS
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What was the original "blockbuster"? | MOVIE WORDS
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Why is there a cat in "caterpillar"? | BUG WORDS
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Why is the Pope "the daddy"?
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Why do Brits think 'pants' are underwear? | CLOTHING WORDS
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Why is there an N in "passenger"?
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Why do we say "as mad as a hatter"? | IDIOM ORIGINS
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Is it a restroom or a loo?
Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris
88K views • 2 months ago
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Did Shakespeare write all his plays?
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63K views • 2 months ago
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How do you pronounce lieutenant? | MILITARY WORDS
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Why do we mind our Ps and Qs? | PRINTING TERMS
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Where do swear words come from?
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853K views • 3 months ago
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Which flower makes you wet the bed? | FLOWER NAME ORIGINS
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81K views • 3 months ago
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Is this a rhetorical question? | RHETORIC & LITERARY DEVICES
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63K views • 3 months ago
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How did our naughty bits get their names? | BODY ETYMOLOGY
Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris
177K views • 4 months ago
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What's the difference between a violin and a fiddle? | MUSIC WORDS
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Who invented zero? | MATH & NUMBERS
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Who was the original "goodfella"? | CRIME WORDS
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Who was the first to "paint the town red"? | IDIOM ORIGINS
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513K views • 5 months ago
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Is he Santa Claus or Father Christmas? | FESTIVE WORD ORIGINS
Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris
63K views • 6 months ago
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What did a "sin-eater" do? | JOB ETYMOLOGY
Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris
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Is it a 'full stop' or a 'period'? | PUNCTUATION
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83K views • 6 months ago
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Is corporate jargon "a value add"? | JARGON ETYMOLOGY
Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris
75K views • 7 months ago
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Who is the Jack in a deck of cards? | GAME WORDS
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198K views • 7 months ago
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Which cocktail means "moist little thing"? | BOOZY WORDS
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98K views • 7 months ago
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How can "tree" and "truth" be related? | WOODLAND WORDS
Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris
98K views • 7 months ago
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How are people using "mortified" wrongly? | EMOTION ETYMOLOGY
Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris
102K views • 8 months ago
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What's the 'were' in werewolf? | SPOOKY ETYMOLOGY
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99K views • 8 months ago
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Why does oxygen have the wrong name? | ELEMENTS
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