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'tragically hip'

What is the origin of the phrase 'tragically hip'?
02:45 Fri 06th Sep 20021 answer, last by geofbob 08:18 Fri 06th Sep 2002
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Phrases and Sayings

What is the origin of the phrase "murder, she wrote"?
14:12 Mon 03rd Jun 20021 answer, last by firefly 11:29 Tue 04th Jun 2002
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Blues and pinks

Where and why did the custom of dressing baby girls in pink and baby boys in blue arise?
20:04 Tue 09th Apr 20022 answers, last by mrsrobinson 12:54 Sun 14th Apr 2002
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Judy Young

Raphael

Why are some 19th century artists (e.g. Rosetti) referred to as "pre-Raphaelite"?
03:35 Wed 02nd Jan 20021 answer, last by incitatus 09:28 Tue 08th Jan 2002
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phrases and sayings

Is anyone familiar with the phrase "knobs of chairs and pumphandles"? What is its origin?
21:59 Tue 01st Jan 20021 answer, last by sgs 10:05 Wed 16th Jan 2002
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Judy Young

Groups of animals

Where can I find a list of names used to describe a group of animals, birds etc. e.g. "parliament of owls", "murder of crows"?
21:44 Tue 01st Jan 20021 answer, last by sgs 16:17 Wed 02nd Jan 2002
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Happy as Larry

re "happy as Larry": Who is Larry and why is he happy?
21:29 Tue 01st Jan 20021 answer, last by sgs 16:13 Wed 02nd Jan 2002

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