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Dibyendu Banerjee
22/06/2018
Mother of mine / You gave to me all of my life To do as I please / I owe everything I have to you Mother, sweet mother of mine …
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Dibyendu Banerjee
24/05/2018
By the term red letter day mean, any day of special importance or specific significance, which may be related to a particular individual or a segment or a n ...
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Dibyendu Banerjee
29/04/2018
Washington, DC, the capital city of the USA, is neither a state nor in a state. It is the political centre of the US and was named after George Washington.
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Dibyendu Banerjee
13/04/2018
Red tape is a much discussed and adversely criticized term, which refers to the rigid adherence to the formal official rules that is considered completely ...
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Dibyendu Banerjee
25/03/2018
The swastika is one of the oldest known symbols. This symbolic icon is widely known in most of the countries of the world and has an important place in huma ...
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Dibyendu Banerjee
01/03/2018
The word blackmail does not related to mail. It is a punishable offence and it means to earn money by threatening someone to expose some secret information.
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Dibyendu Banerjee
13/02/2018
Origin of the term Valentine's Day, It seems, therefore, that St. Valentine's Day, as we know it today, contains the legacy of both Christian and the ancien ...
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Dibyendu Banerjee
18/10/2017
We are aware that a 'peeping tom' is a person who secretly watches someone else. More precisely, the term is used to describe a person who derives some sort ...
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Dibyendu Banerjee
09/10/2017
Uncle Sam has been a popular symbol of the US government in American culture and an expression of patriotic emotion.
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Dibyendu Banerjee
15/09/2017
There are at least a couple of stories about the origin of the word ’picnic’. It is also said that it is derived from the term ‘pick-a-nig’
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Dibyendu Banerjee
04/09/2017
Almost each and every language has its own name for our planet Earth.
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Dibyendu Banerjee
30/08/2017
As and when a message is responded with the letter "R", the sender is automatically assured about the receipt of the message at the other end.However, when ...
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Dibyendu Banerjee
26/08/2017
Algebra is a separate and special branch of mathematics, which basically differs from arithmetic in the use of abstractions, such as using letters to stand ...
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Dibyendu Banerjee
21/08/2017
Much before the conception of automation, Czech playwright, novelist and journalist Karel Čapek introduced the word “robot” (Czech for “forced labor ...
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Dibyendu Banerjee
17/08/2017
Panic is a sudden overwhelming feeling of terror, unforeseen pangs of uncertainty, which is so strong as to dominate or prevent reasoning and logical thinking.
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Dibyendu Banerjee
14/08/2017
A clue is an insight or idea that points us towards a solution. However, originally it had a different spelling and a different meaning. ’Clew’ was the ...
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Dibyendu Banerjee
08/08/2017
Today, the word ‘Paparazzi’ gives us the picture of a bunch of photographers, who take pictures of high-profile people, such as politicians, film stars, ...
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Dibyendu Banerjee
01/08/2017
It is apparent that, the word “news “comes from the word "new.” As its name implies, "news" typically implies the representation or narration of new i ...
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Dibyendu Banerjee
27/07/2017
Sometimes it seems easy to guess the origin of a particular word, while others are a bit of a puzzle. For example, let us take the word, “loophole”.
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Dibyendu Banerjee
24/07/2017
Salary can be defined as a fixed amount of money or compensation paid periodically to an employee by an employer in return for the work performed.
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Dibyendu Banerjee
22/07/2017
It is said that the word ‘handicap’ was originated from wounded and disabled veterans in England during the reign of King Henry VII. Begging with their ...
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Dibyendu Banerjee
20/07/2017
why bad dream is associated with a strange term like “Nightmare,” is a surprising issue. It is said that the word ‘Nightmare’ is a combination of tw ...
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Dibyendu Banerjee
18/07/2017
Everybody is aware that, Sandwich are a popular and convenient type of lunch food, taken to work, school, or short outings, to be grabbed as part of a packe ...
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Dibyendu Banerjee
17/07/2017
There is an invisible link between the modern gym equipment treadmill and the cruel punishment imposed on the prisoners in Victorian prisons.
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Dibyendu Banerjee
15/07/2017
Everybody is aware about the meaning of Quiz, but there is a funny story behind the origin of the word.
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Dibyendu Banerjee
15/07/2017
Often we use the word ‘boycott’ to mean an organized effort to socially isolate a particular person or a family or a group of persons
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Dibyendu Banerjee
14/07/2017
Sometimes the origin of a particular word seems to be a surprising revelation. It seems to be an enigma, how ‘kohl’ is related to alcohol.
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Dibyendu Banerjee
13/07/2017
Even in some instances, the original meaning of a word is lost and is replaced to mean something else. Blockbuster is one of such words.
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Dibyendu Banerjee
12/07/2017
The ancient Phoenicians and other tribes used the Letter "T".
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Dibyendu Banerjee
07/07/2017
There was a time when the small character “&” (Ampersand) was regarded as the 27th part of the alphabet. In the first century
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