From metal type to metaphor: printing terms that extended their reach. The positive 'anymore.' Gigglemare.

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956. How did terms like "stereotype," "boilerplate," and "typecast" make the leap from specialist printing vocabulary to widespread figurative language? We trace the etymology of these and other expressions. Plus, the story of positive "anymore."

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