Language changes fast, especially in the internet age. But it had always changed. While we have words our ancestors never imagined, we have also lost words. We know how to be ruthless, but at one time we could be full of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2021/12/27/Reclaiming-Long-Lost-Positive-Words/Did you know that the word "scientist" didn't exist before 1834? At the time, the term used was "man of science," and that couldn't apply to Mary Somerville, who was a woman. "Mathematician" didn't quite work, either, al...
https://www.neatorama.com/2021/12/27/The-Woman-for-Whom-the-Word-Scientist-Was-Coined/Elizabeth Bathory, known as the Blood Countess, was convicted of unspeakable crimes. The story goes that she tortured and killed virgin women and then bathed in the blood of her victims, believing it would preserve her y...
https://www.neatorama.com/2021/12/27/Could-Elizabeth-Bathory-have-been-Innocent-of-Murder/
