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If you have an Irish grandmother or ever read Ulysses, James Joyce’s challenging literary masterpiece, you might have run across the intriguing phrase, “wigs on the green.” This old-fashioned term…

The saying ‘monkey’s wedding’ refers to when a rain shower occurs whilst the sun shines. It comes from the Zulu phrase “umshado wezinkawu” which translates to “a wedding [for] monkeys”.…

Both terms, “sha’n’t” and “shan’t” are correct, but the term “shan’t” has always been more popular.  These words have both been known to be used to describe the colloquial contraction…

History Of Bro/Bruh People used to say bro and bruh as a shorthand term of “brother”.  This term is usually used to signify some sort of friendship between one person…

This rough-and-tumble colloquial slang term refers to a left-handed person. Brought to Australia in the early twentieth century by British and Irish speakers, the colloquial phrase “mollydooker” or “mollyduker” became…

To “cotton on” to something is a phrase that originates somewhere from the end of the late 17th century to the Industrial era in the early nineteenth century. The typical…

Internet slang is taking over the globe, and two more words have been added to the slang: cringe and cringy, but what’s the difference between them? Cringe and cringy have…

The word “toe-rag” is a derogatory slang term primarily used in the UK. It is used to denote somebody who is quite despicable, unpleasant, and untrustworthy. The origins of this…

You may have heard someone tell another person “say uncle!” while most likely wrestling and fooling around.  Have you ever wondered what this saying actually means?  As a lot of…

Huckleberry, like many words in the English language, has more than one meaning. It can refer to a rather small, blue fruit, such as a blueberry, a person that is…