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Brain Post: The Origins of the Word “Rookie” | From the Civil War

  {Everyday, SnowBrains.com is gonna bring you one “Brain” post. Something that we think will interest you, challenge you, and be something you can use in a dinnertime conversation that day.} One should always be weary when determining the origins of a word.  In general, we just don’t have a finite understanding of many word origins.  Even the “word” OK’s […]

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