A claqueur is a professional applauder. That’s right. They earned a living by attending operas, plays and ballets and clapping loudly.
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While no dinosaur is exactly dime-a-dozen these days, one might argue that the hardest to find is the Archaeopteryx.
In 1877, a young man named Arthur Conan Doyle became a clerk at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary....
While this tabletop rule has been drilled into your head since you graduated from your high chair, its supposed origins suggest it’s more need-based than the pinnacle of politeness.
Back in your school English classes, your teacher instructed you in the wonders of figurative language. But there is a whole realm of language mechanics that even the bravest high school educator will not breach.