We used to post etymologies. We still do, but we used to, too.
ANNOUNCEMENT:
Congratulations to these writers whose work has been selected for our Editor's Choice Award Longlist!
Read their pieces (and a bunch of other amazing pieces!) in the new issue:
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This is what struck me when I read the Granta "story." My mindset went from "that's an interesting turn of phrase/defamiliarization... that would be too if it wasn't right next to it... okay we're just piling them on now... oh my god could you just be concrete for a few sentences?"