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In 1705 a British poet named Matthew Priormdash;reputed to be the high point in poetry between John Dryden Alexander Popemdash;wrote a poem called An English Padlock. Be to her virtues very kind; Be to her faults a little blind; Let all her ways be unconf

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I grabbed a few uses of the word entail from Twitter. Someone was tweeting about what new health care laws might entail; another person asked a friend about what a change to their plans might entail. SPONSOR: GotoMeeting Hold your meetings online for jus

For most of its existence the word shave did not refer to hair removal. SPONSOR: GotoMeeting Hold your meetings online for just $49/mo. Try GoToMeeting FREE for 30 days. Men have been scraping the hair off their faces (or not) time out of mind and our w

Today people are victims of injustice or fraud as well as car accidents and homicide. SPONSOR: GotoMeeting Hold your meetings online for just $49/mo. Try GoToMeeting FREE for 30 days. This is an improvement over victims of ages past that were restricted

If you were looking for talent would you look at the gym, the bank or in church? SPONSOR: GotoMeeting Hold your meetings online for just $49/mo. Try GoToMeeting FREE for 30 days. One of the more popular definitions of the word talent at Urbandictionary

Being disoriented didnrsquo;t used to mean being confused. SPONSOR: GotoMeeting Hold your meetings online for just $49/mo. Try GoToMeeting FREE for 30 days. To orient oneself is to figure out how or where you are in relation to other things. Orienteerin

The shoe company Nike takes its name from a Greek goddess. SPONSOR Get a FREE audiobook and 14-day trial today by signing up at www.audiblepodcast.com/podictionary When I first became aware of the shoe company it wasnrsquo;t entirely clear that its name

EB White, the author of Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little, wrote of commuters: One who spends his life In riding to and from his wife A man who shaves and takes a train, And then rides back to shave again. A commuter is of course someone who commutes. SP