CABBAGETOWN

Etymology

Proper noun

Cabbagetown (plural er-noun)

A neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, filled with semi-detached Victorian houses.

A neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, rebuilt after the American Civil War. A National Register of Historic Places (NRHP-)listed district.

Alternative form of Cabbage Town

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

12 February 2025

MEGACOLON

(noun) an abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung’s disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate)


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Coffee Trivia

The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.

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