MB Proofreading

12/09/2026

Cram this (read/learn) into your meat computer (brain).

12/09/2026

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22/08/2026

Great advice

22/08/2026

22/08/2026

Some words have perfectly ordinary meanings, but their histories are anything but ordinary. From avocados and whiskey to robots and clues, these everyday words have origins that are stranger and more surprising than you might expect.

Dive into some of the weirdest and most unexpected etymologies in the English language.

👉: https://thelanguagenerds.com/2025/weird-etymology/

16/08/2026

Need something to be proofread? Details are on my website www.mbproofreading.co.uk

03/08/2026

Merriam-Webster’s Time Traveler feature tells you which words/sayings are the same age as you.

I was born in 1958 and some of my favourites from that year are:

beatnik
smart-ass
by the seat of one’s pants
boho
knee jerk

Find the 5 words from your birth year that perfectly describe YOUR vibe ⬇️

When was a word first used in print? You may be surprised! Choose a year, and we'll show you the words that come from that date.

02/08/2026

Question:
Why do you get IN a car, but ON a plane and ON a train?
Thoughts

31/03/2026

Strange but true

Yuor brian is raelly out here doign autcoorrcet on the fyl.
fxiing tihngs taht aer not eevn broekn.
It wlli raendomly rpelay taht one crnige momnet from yaers ago,
but cna’t rmebmeer why you wlaked into the ktcihen.
It’ll spned huors ovethniking a snigle txet,
but slepe thguorh trhee alrams wtih no prbolme.
And smeohow, deipste all taht,
you’re siltl exepcted to be a flluy fnuctioning adlut.