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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Bad Etymology

Comment, n. a remark; derived optimistically from Latin com with, and mens mind.

Tongue, n. from Middle English entanglen to embarrass or cause someone difficulty: an instrument of social chastisement, virtuous denunciation, and inadvertent self-exposure.

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