Behold the World Loanword Database! Coming to us from the fine folks at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, + more
Behold the World Loanword Database! Coming to us from the fine folks at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, + more
Before my life of fame and fortune—a period I refer to on my résumé as “the wilderness years”—I did a + more
“The act of writing has always been an art,” claim the good folks behind Typatone. “Now it can also be + more
Courtesy of the inestimable Shirlee Roberts-Downey (peace be upon her), we now have the answer to one of the most + more
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has some choice words for those of you who think flotsam and jetsam are + more
I’ve been trying—no, really, I have!—to be less judgmental about typos in print. But inevitably I’ll come across something like + more
Yeah, yeah—I know. It’s been a while since we posted anything here. Four weeks, by my reckoning. So what have + more
Following up on Tuesday’s post, I think a lot of people reflexively use if instead of whether because the latter + more
For nearly all of my professional writing life, part of my job has included editing others’ work. During that time + more
Want to measure your “verbal creativity”? Got four minutes? You’re in luck. The Divergent Association Task is a quick measure + more
This is your daily reminder that premises, when referring to a tract of land together with its buildings, is already + more
From John McWhorter’s delightful Nine Nasty Words, we learn the origin of one of my all-time faves: shit. English ultimately + more
Saw this in today’s paper: Coeur d’Alene-based technology company, Rohinni, is under new leadership and is planning to relocate its + more
I learned a new word today: kakistocracy. My copy of the OED defines it as “the government of a State + more
According to Wikipedia, Benjamin Franklin was “an American polymath active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and + more