Category: NOTORIOUS CONFUSABLES

ELECTRIC WARFARE

One drone appeared to change the war in Ukraine for later more lethal weapons. Fibre optic drones (FODs) was developed by Ukrainian engineers applying the  glass fibre technology pioneered in the 1950s by physicist...

THE “N-WORD” SLUR

MEDIA OF PREJUDICE “Nigger” is arguably the most divisive and notorious word in the history of the English language. What does it mean to be a Nigger? Nigger, Negro, Colored, Black, African-American have the...

WAYS OF TALKING

COMPREHEND EACH MEANING IN ITS ORDER OF SYNONYMS Take a stand, have one’s say, make a stand, say one’s piece Adopt a firm position about an issue Give opinion in discussion Hold firm against...

THE RETURNED BEACH!

Achill is a remote, rugged and unspoilt island in the west of Ireland. Its most famous inhabitant was Heinrich Böll, the German anti-Nazi Nobel prize-winning writer, who lived there in the 1950s and 60s.His...

THE PHOTOS TELL THE TRUTH

The Georgia Guidestones may be the most enigmatic monument in the world. Nobody knows exactly who commissioned it or why. Archaeological investigation of the site dates back to the 1660s. It looks like the...

WHAT DOES “YAHOO” MEAN?

Rascal means a mean or dishonest person but in affectionate way it can be used to mildly reprove a child or an old man. The wicked old rascal kissed her. Such a person that...