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Where does the word meme come from?

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Why upper and lower case?

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Origin of amazement?

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Are all fans fanatics?

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Where does the word dude come from?

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What is schmutter?

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Why 'Dutch courage'?

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Origin of word masterpiece?

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Where does the word pundit come from?

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Origin of word nepotism?

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Key Japanese loanwords in English

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Why 'Maundy' Thursday?

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What is Globish?

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Why are Academy Awards called Oscars?

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Where does the word shampoo come from?

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How salaryman returned to English from Japanese?

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To fancy in British English?

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Origin of the word Halloween?

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What is the Rorschach test?

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What is a carol? Where does the word come from?

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