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Dave Wilton

05 Feb 2025 • 7 min read
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People in 1940s-era clothing dancing the Hokey Pokey (Hokey Cokey) in the streets of Pickering, England, 2013
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26 Aug 2026 4 min read
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buckaroo

26 August 2026 A buckaroo is a cowboy, or in later usage someone with the demeanor and vibe of a cowboy. The word has a rather straightforward etymology: it is an alteration of the Spanish vaquero, and its use comes out of the nineteenth-century American West. Like many such
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camp

24 August 2026 Camp has a general meaning of temporary dwelling place, originally used in military contexts. But it also has a slang sense, originating in gay slang, of flamboyance or exaggeration, or as an adjective meaning affected or effeminate. The word was borrowed into Old English from the Latin
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