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History of Beep

When did we start using the word beep? After all, today we have car horns, microwaves and other electronic gizmos that beep, but before the early 1900s, nothing ever beeped. It makes you wonder: How did people back then know their Hot Pocket was...

bleep

bleep  n.— «Affectionately called a “bleep”—because that is all it seems to do from dawn until dusk and throughout the night as well—it symbolises the fear of the unknown for the wary junior doctor.» —“Trust me, I’m a junior doctor: for some...