I love discovering how particular phrases and words are coined.  Wait.  Coined?  “Coining” in the sense of creation, as in “to coin a phrase,” derives from the creation of monetary coins by stamping metal with a die…  Because every time someone makes up a new word or phrase, that person is stamping the word with a die.

And every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings…and is stamped with a metal die.

I honestly don’t know what I’m saying.  This is one of those posts that makes me laugh, but I really know it shouldn’t.