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31 Oct 2025 4 min read
hoax / hocus

hoax / hocus

The word hoax first appears in the mid eighteenth century as a verb meaning to ridicule. It evidently was current in university slang for several decades before seeing its way into print. The earliest example I have found is in a poem written by a student at Oxford c. 1750
31 Oct 2025 6 min read
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Gaza

30 October 2025 Gaza is the name of a city on the Mediterranean coast in Palestine, bordering Egypt and Israel. The name, in the form Gaza Strip, is also applied to the surrounding territory, which along with the West Bank constitute the current Palestinian territory. The city is often called
30 Oct 2025 2 min read
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