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McCoy, Julia. “34 of the Craziest Words in English”. Express Writers.  20 May 2014. ACCESSED 11 January 2023.   https://expresswriters.com/34-craziest-words-english/

Jones, Meghan. “15 Amusing Stories Behind Common Expressions” READERS DIGEST. Updated 7 March 2022. ACCESSED 2 November 2022.   https://www.rd.com/list/amusing-stories-behind-expressions/

Rugile. “Learn the History Behind These 66 Commonly Used Phrases”. BORED PANDA. Accessed 2 November 2022. https://www.boredpanda.com/origins-commonly-used-phrases-words-idioms/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic

Johnson, Angela  “9 Common Phrases You Didn’t Know Have Dark Origin Stories”. INSIDER  17 Aug 2018. ACCESSED 2 November 2022. https://www.insider.com/common-phrases-with-dark-origins-2018-8

Weller, Chris. “11 Common Expressions That Have Weird And Disturbing Origins”. INSIDER. 15 March 2016. Accessed 2 November 2022. https://www.businessinsider.com/everyday-words-that-have-weird-and-disturbing-origins-2016-3

Curtin, Melanie  “13 English Expressions With Surprisingly Funny Origins (Including ‘Spill the Beans’”   Inc. Accessed 2 November 2022. https://www.inc.com/melanie-curtin/13-english-expressions-with-surprisingly-funny-origins-including-spill-beans.html

Tharp, Elle. “The History of 17 Popular English Sayings That Don’t Seem To Make Sense”.      RANKER. Updated July 23 2021. Accessed 20 Feb 2023. https://www.ranker.com/list/popular-sayings-history/elle-tharp

Hayes, Jeremy. “22 Famous Sayings With Weird Origins You Might Not Know”  BuzzFeed  17 Nov 2021. Accessed 11 January 2023. https://www.buzzfeed.com/jeremyhayes/weird-origins-of-sayings

John, Anais “14 Expressions with Origins that You Would Never Have Guessed” GRAMMERLY Updated 16 Sept 2022  Accessed 2 November 2022. https://www.grammarly.com/blog/14-expressions-with-crazy-origins-that-you-would-never-have-guessed/

“Ten Awesome Historical Words We Should Bring Back”  GOODNET. 8 November 2018. Accessed 17 April 2023. https://www.goodnet.org/articles/ten-awesome-historical-words-we-should-bring-back

“Weird Word Origins That Will Make Your Family Laugh”.  Dictionary.com. 4 December 2019. Accessed 17 April 2023. https://www.dictionary.com/e/s/word-origins-make-you-laugh/#1

“20 Awesome Historical Words We Should Bring Back”. The Language Nerds.  Accessed 17 April 2023. https://thelanguagenerds.com/2019/20-awesome-and-historical-words-that-we-should-bring-back/

“30 Words We Wish Were Still In Use”. STYLIST UK. Accessed 20 March 2023. https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/30-words-we-wish-were-still-in-use/48086

Brooks, Richard. “14 Obsolete English Words that Deserve Another Chance”. The Language Blog. 6 May 2016. Accessed 20 March 2023. https://www.k-international.com/blog/obsolete-english-words/

Andrews, Evan. “10 Common Sayings With Historical Origins”. HISTORY  Updated 22 August 2018. Accessed 20 March 2023. https://www.history.com/news/10-common-sayings-with-historical-origins

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