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Stephen Spielberg's Word Tricks. 25 Apr 2013 | 01:49 am
Okay. Last night I watched a short film by SS called "Ghost Train." A nice little fantasy, but then it got kind of weird inside my head. i started thinking, "Hmmm. Entertainment indeed, but that word ...
Contradictions 29 Mar 2013 | 11:47 pm
I dislike imprecision in speech or writing. Contradiction: I hate it when I'm making a joke and someone "corrects" my choice of words. Is this because one makes me feel smart and the other makes me...
"Stink" 4 Mar 2013 | 02:26 am
Recently, over coffee with a friend, we discussed the merits of our respective new apartments. "I love my neighborhood," I said. "But the street is busy with traffic, so it's noisy and it stinks." Th...
Words that have a remarkable etymology 25 Jan 2013 | 07:21 pm
One is "quixotic" from the name of the unforgettable main character of the novel Don Quixote. Any more words to add? :) posted in Word Freaks - 0 replies
Sentient 24 Jan 2013 | 01:32 am
I've decide to revoke the term "sentient" from humans who are not self-aware. You may be walking, talking and interacting with the world, but if you aren't "aware of [your] own personality or individ...
Double "as" construction ?!@#$ 21 Nov 2012 | 02:56 am
This is driving me bats. "Berliners were as likely to treat them as friends as [as?] foes." or "John is as likely to see it as a good day as [as?] a bad day." - Can you have a double "as?" Doesn't...
rumi word pairs 20 Aug 2012 | 10:29 pm
The lover and the Beloved are two of my favorite. what are some others you like & why? posted in Word Freaks - 0 replies
Blackmailed 15 Aug 2012 | 04:42 am
Can someone give me an elegant way to say this? I'm having problems with prepositions. Example: You're gay and closeted. I know this, and want you to rob a bank for me. So I use this information to ...
english loanwords 28 Feb 2012 | 03:16 pm
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/europe/germany/120214/academics-vote-shitstorm-germans-best-english-loanword BERLIN — In a Vanity Fair article on Germany and the euro crisis, Michael ...
More so and moreso 17 Jan 2012 | 10:04 am
I'm finding – no matter what the correct spelling is – this is almost never used correctly, and that is really grating on me. I believe the correct usage is something like this (but I have not found ...
