Etymology

there's no place like home

Today it means: One feels most comfortable at home. Full definition →

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The story

Popularized by the 1823 song Home! Sweet Home!, in which the phrase was used as a refrain. Popularized again, more recently, in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.

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