12 Shakespearean Phrases We Still Use Today
William Shakespeare’s impact in your life is much bigger than just some required reading in your high school English class. It's believed that almost 2,000 words appeared for the first time in his plays and poetry — including many that are regulars in our everyday modern vocabulary, such as "downstairs,"
"eyeball," and "bedroom." He also built on existing language by changing words that were previously used as nouns into verbs, and by adding prefixes and suffixes to create new variations. As Shakespeare is widely considered the most influential English playwright, his enormous body of work continues to influence slang and...
