Language doesn't change very much in 85 years but it changes enough for the modern reader to uncover a few surprises.  Continue reading...

Check out this month's euphemism roundup or as I like to call it, a bushel of hooey.  Continue reading...

The COVID-19 vaccines are here — and so are a lot of new words and brand names.  Continue reading...

English speakers are comfortable with many plural nouns that take a singular verb, as long as the noun falls into a class that has some familiar companions of the same kind.  Continue reading...

A new book by Ralph Keyes looks at how words are invented and why some sizzle while others fizzle.  Continue reading...

When it comes to euphemisms, English is rich in terms for those with very few brain cells to rub together.  Continue reading...