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Have you noticed that we have the word orphan for a child whose parents have died, and widow or widower for a person whose spouse has died, but no word for a parent whose child has died? Author Jen Hutchison would like the word motherling to be used for a mother who has lost a child. It is the title of her book about the tragedy in her life when her own son died. Motherling is an old word meaning ‘precious mother’. Fatherling would also describe a father who [more…]
All left-handed people are evil, worthless, mysterious and bring bad luck. At least, that’s what they used to think in former days. The Latin word for left is ‘sinister’, which has only come to [more…]
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