Word-Origin Wednesday

"Recuse" has been all over the news in 2017, but the word isn't new. In fact, it's more than 600 years old.

As baseball became America's pastime in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, its lingo leaked into the rest of the English language. Be sure to cover all your bases and listen to this week's Word-Origin Wednesday.

"Irregardless," one of the most hated words out there, has been around since at least the 1870s.

The next time you attend a shindig, make sure to tell one of your fellow guests the history of the word "shindig." (It most likely comes from sports, but that's all I'm telling you for now. You'll have to listen.)

The word "gaslight" has been around for as long as, well, gaslights have been around. But the word took on a new meaning in the 1940s, and that meaning has experienced a recent resurgence.

Pumpernickel, a dark rye bread, came from Germany. The word "pumpernickel" also came from Germany, but it originally had nothing to do with bread.

"Myriad" comes from French via Latin via Greek. Curmudgeons today say it should be used as an adjective only ... are they right?

"They" has been in the English language for centuries as a plural pronoun—and, yes, as a singular pronoun too.

"Impeach," an often misunderstood word, came to Middle English from Latin via Old French.

In a 2011 interview, Rob Reiner claimed that his 2007 movie "The Bucket List" introduced the term "bucket list" into English. Is he right?