Halloween Lexis

Wordymology is a series in which the editors at The Free Dictionary explore the origins of the names of things

You might know that the weird, wonderful word “Halloween” is an abbreviated form of “Allhallow(s) Even,” the eve of All Saints’ Day (also called “Allhallows”). But we’ve scared up even more Halloween word fun, so gather round while we treat you to the tricky etymologies of these essential Halloween words.

Idiom "be sick to death of (something)"

Idiom "shotgun house"

Idiom "short on looks"

8 Ways to Say "Yes"

It's just three little letters, but Yes can say so much.

Yes

Yes is a very old word. It entered English before 900, and comes from the Old English word gese loosely meaning "be it." Before the 1600s, yes was often used only as an affirmative to a negative question, and yea was used as the all-purpose way to say "yes."

Aye

12 Common but Confusing Words

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Middle Voice Sentences

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I got a comment on YouTube from a listener named Steven, who asked about verbs like the ones in this following sentence: "The screw screwed in more easily than I thought it would." Clearly, the screw didn’t screw itself in. The person who uttered the sentence