“Kindergarten” is a German term, one translating as “children’s garden”. 40 School newspaper entries from its youngest reporters? : KINDERGARTEN COPY (from “Kindergarten Cop”) Loam can also be used in constructing houses as it is quite strong when mixed with straw and dried. Relative to other soil types, loam is usually rich in nutrients and moisture, drains well and is easy to till. Loam is soil made up of sand, silt and clay in the ratio of about 40-40-20. Back in the late 16th century, quarters were a portion (quarter) of a town reserved for a military force. We use the term “quarters” for a place of abode, especially housing for military personnel. The actual dates defined by each age depend on the society, as the timing of the transition from the use of one material to another varied around the globe. 23 When kids start rolling their eyes at everything their parents say? : THE IRONY AGE (from “the Iron Age”)Īncient societies can be classified by the “three-age system”, which depends on the prevalence of materials used to make tools. The term “art deco” comes from the name of the fair, and is a shortening of the words “Arts Décoratifs”. The fair was intended to showcase the latest trends in modern decorative arts and industrial design. The 1925 World’s Fair, officially known as the “Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes”, was held in Paris. 18 Forged painting? : ART DECOY (from “art deco”) By the end of 2019, it was Spotify’s most streamed song of the whole decade. In 2018, it became the first song on Spotify to hit two billion streams. “Shape of You” is a 2017 song co-written and recorded by Ed Sheeran. 16 “Shape of You” singer-songwriter : SHEERAN There is a duo of letters Z (“zed”, in London) in the word “jazz”. In the 1600s, “lavatory” came to mean a washroom, and in the 1920s a toilet. Our word “lavatory” (sometimes “lav”) originally referred to a washbasin, and comes from the Latin “lavatorium”, a place for washing. We’ve been using “bamboozle” since the very early 1700s. It’s thought that the lovely word “bamboozle” came into English from the Scottish “bombaze” meaning “perplex”. Our word “burro”, meaning “donkey”, comes from the Spanish word for the same animal, namely “burrico”. The phrase “ant farm” is usually reserved for ant nests built by an ant colony in a formicarium. A formicarium is similar to an aquarium, and used to house an ant colony perhaps for study. The phrase “ant colony” describes the ants living in an ant nest. “Formicary” is another name for “ant nest”, and comes from the Latin “formica” meaning “ant”. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across
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