Your latest Workplace Word Origins roundup, aka LinkedIn leftovers, on the blog hits 'Black Friday,' 'boutique,' and 'chef.' mashedradish.com/2025/11/28/w... Credit to @benzimmer.bsky.social and @btaylorblake.bsky.social for work on 'Black Friday,' coverage of which was I felt due for a reheat.

In case I miss you on the day itself, here's an old urban legend for American friends and friends everywhere ... May all your Thanksgivings be happy, healthy, and chloroform-free. #HappyThanksgiving2024 #HappyThanksgiving

Here's your annual reminder that everything you thought you knew about the origin of "Black Friday" may be wrong | "Whitewashing Black Friday: The Rebranding of an American Shopping Holiday," my essay on how the day came to be named so. btaylorblake.com/2019/06/29/w... #BlackFriday #BlackFriday2024