https://njump.me https://njump.me/npub1f6ktrjhtg3x0mknn9x7g4axw4zu62rpgkn6m2mf4j09tlldtdawstl58ea https://njump.me/nevent1qqsg4hwya7gm934yrgcpepcxljve5u4en8rt4ajp3zzgwhexf4cwgtqzyp82evw2adzyelw6wv5mezh5e65tnfgv9z60tdtdxkfu40la4dh46fjdv0e ‘to burn one’s bridges behind one’: meaning and origin<br/><br/>to commit oneself to a course from which there is no retreat—U.S. politics, 1852—from a military tactic in which an army cuts off its means of retreat by destroying the route by which it might be pursued<br/><br/><a href="https://wordhistories.net/2026/10/20/burn-bridges-behind/">https://wordhistories.net/2026/10/20/burn-bridges-behind/</a><br/><br/>#rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit 2026-10-21T00:38:13Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqaarts86qjjne5e800e5mwaamynfjqs44l8fq5qeed4xnfztc7fgzyp82evw2adzyelw6wv5mezh5e65tnfgv9z60tdtdxkfu40la4dh46cclsst ‘Froggy-land’: meaning and origin<br/><br/>UK, 19th century—a humorous appellation for France—from the noun ‘Froggy’, designating a French person—but ‘froggy land’, with lower-case initials, was originally used of any wetland<br/><br/><a href="https://wordhistories.net/2026/10/18/froggy-land/">https://wordhistories.net/2026/10/18/froggy-land/</a><br/><br/>#rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit 2026-10-18T20:52:44Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs83afsvehl8mt3qa8tumlllfwhgk4z9vus2le08akcun6nkgd7glqzyp82evw2adzyelw6wv5mezh5e65tnfgv9z60tdtdxkfu40la4dh46m8lmap ‘to cross a bridge when one comes to it’: meaning and origin<br/><br/>to deal with a problem when and if it arises, but not beforehand—11th January 1849 in The Independent (New York City, New York, USA)<br/><br/><a href="https://wordhistories.net/2026/10/17/cross-bridge-when-comes-to-it/">https://wordhistories.net/2026/10/17/cross-bridge-when-comes-to-it/</a><br/><br/>#newyork #yorkcity #january #usa #independent<br/><br/>#rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit 2026-10-17T11:59:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxl7q82stqsw0excvqd9m3phmawftcdhh4pz3rv7wf2fvm4v7jphqzyp82evw2adzyelw6wv5mezh5e65tnfgv9z60tdtdxkfu40la4dh464c3g5a ‘to shock the bourgeois’: meaning and origin<br/><br/>to shake or shock traditional ethical and/or artistic middle-class attitudes—UK, 1874—perhaps a loan translation from French ‘choquer le(s) bourgeois’—France, 1858<br/><br/><a href="https://wordhistories.net/2026/10/13/shock-the-bourgeois/">https://wordhistories.net/2026/10/13/shock-the-bourgeois/</a> 2026-10-16T04:35:32Z