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Strange Origins of Common Words and Phrases & Meet Your Future Self

Something You Should Know

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The Curious Compendium of Wonderful Words

The word scapegoat comes to us from an English Protestant scholar named William Tyndale, and he coined it in 1530. Another phrase you hear a lot is cut to the chase; where did that come from? And what about scapegoat? What is a scapegoat? This is a fascinating one.

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