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Essay:Surprising Dates of Origin for Terms (view source)
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!Origin date
!Origin date
!Comments
!Comments
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|android
|1727
|Before being picked up by science fiction writers, the word was simply an adjective meaning "humanlike".
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|Biblical
|Biblical
|1889
|1889
|What was the prior greeting? Is this surprisingly late date of origin due to the invention of the telephone?
|What was the prior greeting? Is this surprisingly late date of origin due to the invention of the telephone?
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|John Hancock
|1903
|Why did it take more than a century for the famous signatory's name to become a colloquialism for "signature"?
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|landlord
|landlord