BACKSTORY

Etymology

Noun

backstory (plural backstories)

The previous life and experiences of a person, especially a character in a dramatic work, but also a real-life person.

A fictitious account of a person's history designed to conceal their actual history and motives; a cover story.

A prequel.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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Coffee Trivia

The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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