What does the word 'ado' mean in the phrase much ado about nothing? Why do we say fast food and not quick food? Listen to the episode to find out!
 
Sources:
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_word">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_word</a>
<a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/fossil-words/shod-in-slipshod-and-roughshod">https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/fossil-words/shod-in-slipshod-and-roughshod</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreversible_binomial">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreversible_binomial</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_collocations">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_collocations</a>
<a href="https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/collocations.htm">https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/collocations.htm</a>
<a href="http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/myl/Malkiel1959.pdf">http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/myl/Malkiel1959.pdf</a>

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