This feels like one of those things I already knew and just forgot about.
"When retired British army captain Charles Boycott, acting as an agent for an absentee landlord, tried to evict tenant farmers for refusing to pay their rent, he was ostracized by the [Land League] and community. [...] Boycott’s fate was soon well known, and his name became a byword for that particular protest strategy"
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boycott
13 December 2024 Yttrium is a chemical element with atomic number 39 and the symbol Y . It is a silvery transition metal. It is used in the production of numerous electronic devices, notably in the phosphors in LED lights and formerly in cathode-ray tubes. Yttrium is toxic, and exposure to airbo
FUN FACT all you wifmans and wermans!
"The word Man derives from Proto-Germanic and it meant literally “person”, that is, it could refer to both man and woman. Woman, on the other hand, derives from wif or wifman. What was used to refer to man with its sense of today is wer or werman. That this hits the right spot is confirmed by the survival of wer in werewolf (literally man-wolf)."
But now I want to know why there isn't a wifwolf....
Canadian Word Origins: Keener!
Describing someone who is eager, or a brown-noser, in the classroom, the origin of the word is pretty mysterious. There are several theories, but none are for sure the origin.
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Stefan Bohacek
Wordorigins.org
Shantell Powell
Shannon
Cathitza Cathington
Canadian History Ehx