World Wide Words More than 400 pages on the history, origins, evolution and idiosyncrasies of English. New words and words in the news regularly featured. What's The Meaning of This? The origins of quirky English words and phrases like 'In like Flynn' and 'blackmail'. The Word Detective Words and language in a humorous vein. The online version of The Word Detective, a newspaper column answering readers' questions about words and language. Written by Evan Morris. |