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Who Came Up With That?

BayleighGray @BayleighGray (4334) • United States 26 Sep 07

Ok heres a link for some useless information, but interesting lol www.brownielocks.com/wordorigins.html Ever wondered where phrases and sayings originated from? A post I was just commenting on made me think of the phrase...

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What is it about Spokane?

Jannabis @Jannabis (29) • United States 1 Mar 07

Why does this place feel like a pit that I can't seem to get out of? Ever since I got here it seems like I am trapped.I try to leave and something always comes up and I can never seem to do it.Does anyone know the actual origin of...

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Word origin (sideburns)

loudcry @loudcry (1043) • India 16 Jan 07

The word sideburns,which means a patch of hair,on a mans face,in front of the ear, comes from a general ambrose burnside. He was a union army general during the american civil war.

american civil war

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