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  1. Baseball, Xenophobia, and Optimism

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    February 14, 2025 by libroshombre

                The Sage of Baltimore, H.L. Mencken, is largely forgotten these days, but as a magazine journalist writer, editor, and …
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    Category: American English, baseball, language, racism, reference books, word origins, words, xenophobia | Tags: , , , , , , ,

  2. Poor Judgment, Nasty Metaphors, and Intolerance

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    September 20, 2015 by libroshombre

    Let’s consider “visa” and “vis-a-vis.” According to the Inline Etymology Dictionary, the word “visa” comes from the Latin “charta visa,” …
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    Category: intolerance, language, metaphor | Tags: , , , , , , ,

  3. Guy-Ropes, Guy Fawkes, and Guys Read

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    May 29, 2015 by libroshombre

    Curious about the origin of the term “guy,” as in “Guys Read Program,” I turned to my trusty edition of …
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