I’ve just made a major addition to blind tiger / blind pig, posted a few days ago. I've added the history of striped pig to the entry. Striped pigs were a nationwide sensation in 1838–40, a highly entertaining footnote to American pop culture. wordorigins.substack.com/p/blind-tiger-…

Ghost of Cassiopeia (IC 63) Emission nebula in Cassiopeia 10 & 12 October 2023 Princeton, NJ Bortle 6 skies 5 hours, 30 minutes integration time astrobin.com/gs2vsn/ #Astrophotography

booby / boob / booby hatch / booby prize What I love most about what I do is that it strikes many cultural touchstones through the centuries, but this one takes the cake, running the gamut from seabirds to nautical justice to Civil War-era pornography wordorigins.substack.com/p/booby-boob-b…

Underground Railroad wordorigins.substack.com/p/underground-…

Yes, thulium is a real element wordorigins.substack.com/p/holmium-thul…

brownie (Girl Scouts) / brownie points / brown nose wordorigins.substack.com/p/brownie-brow…

hydrogen wordorigins.substack.com/p/hydrogen

gonzo wordorigins.substack.com/p/gonzo

bullpen wordorigins.org/big-list-entri…

bromine wordorigins.substack.com/p/bromine

card sharp / card shark / sharp / sharper / shark wordorigins.substack.com/p/card-sharp-c…

booze wordorigins.substack.com/p/booze

IC 405, Flaming Star Nebula astrobin.com/8fr3bm/

indium wordorigins.org/big-list-entri…

Davy Jones's locker wordorigins.substack.com/p/davy-joness-…

dope wordorigins.substack.com/p/dope

iodine wordorigins.substack.com/p/iodine

turkey wordorigins.substack.com/p/turkey

Thanksgiving wordorigins.substack.com/p/thanksgiving

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