From the Online Etymology Dictionary : troglodyte "cave-dweller," 1555, from L. troglodytae (plural), from Gk. troglodytes "cave-dweller," lit. "one who creeps into holes," from trogle "hole" (from trogein "to gnaw;" see trout [/url]) + dyein "g...

Troglodyte reminds me of a particular Wild Thing from my youth of long ago!

The Online Etymology Dictionary says:

To get the hang of (something) "understand" is from 1845.

but doesn't say how it was derived.

Faced with a binary decision, I had to vote Yes instead of Probably.

<---- Being a real dragon to boot can be like this. As I have said, "[d]ragons are a bit meaker than you think they are." Yes, I know there are differences between the serpent-like chthonic cave-dweller of Europe and the Oriental symbol of auspicious power. Then of course there are my per...

Stargzer, 1. Yes. My name is Riu.ta.ro. Riu is what you already know. Taro part means that I am the eldest boy child of my parents. 2. Yes. They are, as anders commented earlier, respectively KAN and TETSU in Japanese. 女 * 3 looks more like 姦. Actually, I have never seen a text that has TETSU on, e...

This is for Flam: cabbage \KAB-ij\ verb . . . Did you know? . . . The "cabbage" found in cole slaw, on the other hand, comes from Middle English "caboche," which means "head." Brazilian dude "Two heads are better than one, even if one of them is cabbage." -Mr...

But why berries and Vaccinium? Vaccinium members include blueberry/bilberry, cranberry, huckleberry ... . . . http://www.bartleby.com/61/69/C0706900.html discusses what is lingon in Swedish, and agrees that the baccinium theory is a possibility. I've had the lingonberries at the cafeteria at IKEA a...

• vaccinate • . . . Word History: Today's verb is derived from vaccine, which comes from Latin vaccinus "of cows" from vacca "cow" ( vache today in French). . . . In Spanish, the cow is la vaca , which turns up in Cuernavaca , the capital and the largest city of the state of Mor...

It's more like this; 1. I = 龍太郎 where (龍 = dragon) 2. Garrulous = 女 (woman) * 3 = 龍 * 4 3. from 1 and 2, I need to be 1.3 times garrulous as usual when I want to be heard before a woman. The Four Dragons sounds like a good name for a place to down a couple of flagons of good microbrew! In trying to...

Andrew, = A font face tag could be handy, e. g.: [face=Times]Times New Roman[/face] [face=Arial]Arial[/face] [face=serif]Serif[/face] [face=sans]Sans-Serif[/face] Or even a generalized font tag: [font face=Times size=Large color=Red/#FF0000]text[/font] I also found the [sub]subscript[/sub] and [sup]...

Like the famous unalienable, which became accepted when some calligrapher misspelt inalienable rights in the final version of US constitution and the dignitaries from the 13 states signed the document. Actually, that word is from the Declaration of Independence, which predates the Constitution by a...

Is this what is meant by «serial monogamy» ?...

Henri

No, that wouldn't necessarily be a looooonnnnnggggg marriage . . .

although at times they may seem like one . . .

I'm not sure if I've used this as a tagline, but at work I sometimes tell people the truth: "I got married on a Saturday and went to work for the Government nine days later, and there have been days when I've felt like I've been serving concurrent life and 30-year sentences, with time on for ba...

I run in to #11 at work all the time . . .



#18 is a candidate for the Spelling forum . . .