More Fun for Authors and People in the Know
I can’t help being enticed by the online articles from Merriam-Webster, Oxford Dictionaries, and Dictionary.com when I’m checking other things—be it definitions, spelling, or synonyms. You’ll enjoy these links.
Merriam-Webster
Good morning.
Here’s fooling you.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/putting-one-over-words-tricked-deceived/bamboozle
Oxford Dictionaries
More Acronyms.
https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2014/05/21/5-words-didnt-know-acronyms/
Some idioms explained.
https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2012/11/15/popular-idioms-explained/
Dictionary.com
Some words with interesting pasts.
http://www.dictionary.com/e/s/offensive-words-hiding-plain-sight/?param=HP#dark-past
Interesting insults.
http://www.dictionary.com/e/s/12-Insults-We-Should-Bring-Back/#you-called-me-what
Happy Writing!
