The word “fly” is a very old word, and of course we have many expressions and nouns that contain the word "fly" itself, but do you know that there are dozens of familiar words whose origins reside in flies and other winged insects?
Vaccines Are Full of Bull? Animal-Related Words for Diseases and Cures
Don’t Get Fleeced or Pull the Wool Over Your Eyes: Expressions from the Hair of Sheep
Berserk for Bears: Words from our Ursine Animals
What's in a Name? The Soul of an Animal
Geographical Place Names with Animal Origins
Piggyback: Animal Words with No Animal Origins
Animals in Our Bones: Anatomy Terms from Animals
Vegetarians Eat Meat: The History and Future of the Word
Animal Characteristics in Word Histories: Who They Are in What We Say
Old English Pigs and Old French Pork: The Linguistic Cleaving of Animals
No Critters Harmed: Colors Inspired by Living Animals
Ingrained: A Crush of Color
Toady: Lick My Boots and Curry My Favor
Who Owns the Word "Milk"?
Animals in the Alphabet
Tragedy: A Goat's Lament
The Semantics of Meat (with Paul Shapiro)
Don't Get My Goat - I'm Not Kidding
Falconry: Fed Up and Looking Haggard
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Food for Thought: The Joys and Benefits of Living Vegan
The War of the Worlds
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