John Humphrey Noyes started out in the 19th century as a conventional Yale-trained minister until he found out he was perfect and...
Colonists coming from England had plenty of and informal and slang expressions to call someone evil. Here are ten of them: A...
Lying existed in the 1600s, just as it does today. And there were many slang expressions to describe liars and lying. Here...
To talk Rhode Island requires more than a passing knowledge of the expression ‘No school Fosta Glosta’ or the difference between a...
In colonial times, there was the King’s English, and then there was the slang, which was much more fun and colorful. And...
There were all sorts of terms that danced around the topic of love in colonial New England. Some familiar today, but others...
Language being an ever-evolving thing, colonial insults of 1700 might be something quite different in 2017. So a prig of yesteryear is...
No matter where Nonantum natives go, they can tell someone is from their village when they hear them speak Lake Talk. Lake...
In 1860, Milton Bradley decided America needed a new game, and so he created a modern blend of the old-fashioned morality games...