Words and their history!!

The etymologies behind words make for a good read. Don't they? ;)

A new addition to my vocabulary today has been "doolally". 'could guess what it stands for by the sound of it. However, I initially thought it might be slang amongst youth crowds. It's origin turned out completely different though!! Interesting it was to see it connected to India. :)

Back to the word,
After Deolali, a small town in western India. It's about 100 miles from Mumbai with an unusual claim to fame ... [More can be read here]