June 2012
49 posts
“Cool – its earliest slang meaning dates to 1728, to describe large sums of...”
– Flavorwire tracks down the origins of “cool” and other famous slang words. They missed “fun” (1699), “pop” (1862), and “hipster” (1941), as well as “snark” (1874, courtesy of Lewis Carroll). (via explore-blog)
“I went out to the hazel wood,
Because a fire was in my head,
And cut and...”
– W.B. Yeats (1865–1939). The Wind Among the Reeds (1899). (via betweenthewoodsandthewater)
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do...”
– Mark Twain (via thinknorth)
