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A song called 'Angry American' is playing this juncture my small world; spirit enjoined in so far as my origins are as of '51st State' or 'Airstrip One' as Orwell so put.

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  1. noun The point at which something comes into existence or from which it derives or is derived.
  2. noun Ancestry: "We cannot escape our origins, however hard we try” (James Baldwin).
  3. noun The fact of originating; rise or derivation: The rumor had its origin in an impulsive remark.
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  • His column on word origins, The Oxford Etymologist, appears here, each Wednesday.
  • Your wariness is entirely justified because very few word origins are as simple and neat as the stories offered to explain them. —  The Word Detective
  • It seems to me that those two positions are likely to have different origins, and thus warrant different solutions. —  homunculus
  • It's been a while since the last Momma 'n' Daddy, and what better way to begin a new year than to go back and recall your origins? —  normblog
  • And as always, he'll answer listener questions about words and word origins. —  News & Features from Minnesota Public Radio
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