A Latin word for “cleverness” or “skillfulness,” facetiae came to be used to refer to a collection of witty sayings in 16th-century English. But things took a turn for the worse in Victorian slang, ...
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Become a yarn-chopper, even if people accuse you of being prone to yaw-yaw. | Phathn Sakdi Skul Phanthu/EyeEm/Getty Images To yaffle is to eat or drink messily, or to talk incoherently. It’s also ...