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We like etymologies because they tell us stories.
4. Another odd thing in the W etymologies, carried over into the L, is the practice of using “more at—” as a cross reference indicator.
Among the more incredible explanations (as recorded by Adrian Room, A Dictionary of True Etymologies) are a derivation from ablution or luliana [ Daily Telegraph , 13 September 1968] and even from hallelujah, as prompted by a caption to a cartoon by Du Maurier in Punch [22 June 1895], which read Now we'll begin again at the Hallelujah, and please linger longer on the lu!
Rybakin's etymologies are mostly quite sound and accord with current scholarship.
In a recent column on etymologies, Attorney General Richard Thornburgh and Defense Secretary Richard Cheney were cited for their use of willynilly (Atlantic Monthly , March 1990).