Sounds tend to survive the migration between languages more dependably than letters do. Let phonics show you the way!  Continue reading...

It's finally here — Euphemism of the Year! Find out this year's most contested, contestable, and detestable term of the year.  Continue reading...

Have you seen these movies? Explore how movie-inspired memes become firmly embedded in the English language.  Continue reading...

Explore the differences between enhanced and the newer (by about 100 years) more general adjective improved. Is every imperfect thing subject to both improvement and enhancement?  Continue reading...

Here are some euphemisms to help you get through the rest of this year's "human hibernation."  Continue reading...

Many phrasal verb particles, after long use, begin to take on a life of their own that departs significantly from what common sense suggests they should mean.  Continue reading...