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Dave Wilton

30 Apr 2026 • 3 min read
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buck up

29 April 2026 Today, buck up usually means to cheer up, to be encouraged. But in the past it was used in a wider range of meanings with the base sense of to become confident and assertive. The metaphor underlying the phrase is the behavior and attitude of a male
29 Apr 2026 5 min read
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college widow

27 April 2026 College widow is a term you don’t hear anymore, except in historical usage. It harkens back to a time when only men attended university and short-lived love affairs between the male students and female residents of college towns were common. A college widow was often, but
27 Apr 2026 5 min read
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