http://blog.oup.com/2008/09/suit/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:48:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.oup.com/2008/09/suit/comment-page-1/#comment-147465 Euro Tailors Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:30:44 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=2089#comment-147465 Following suit or following in suit does seem to have been a phrase that evolved simply because suit meant “to follow” but it was the popularity of card playing that seems to have popularized the phrase. Following suit or following in suit does seem to have been a phrase that evolved simply because suit meant “to follow” but it was the popularity of card playing that seems to have popularized the phrase.

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/09/suit/comment-page-1/#comment-147323 podictionary weekly » podictionary weekly # 170 - September 1 to 5 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:03:36 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=2089#comment-147323 [...] bluff Wednesday’s word origin was for Tabasco Thursday’s etymology, posted at OUPblog was for suit and Friday’s word root was for the word [...] [...] bluff Wednesday’s word origin was for Tabasco Thursday’s etymology, posted at OUPblog was for suit and Friday’s word root was for the word [...]

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