Hillel@hillelwayne.com27 Dec 2024TIL: the words "escalate" and "escalation" are back-formations from "escalator", the device3434
sophie alpert@sophiebits.comthis is one of my favorite etymology facts, along with the fact that “emoticon” and “emoji” share no roots27/12/24, 9:16 pm·0 reposts·1 like