Topic : WordsEvasive ManeuversEuphemisms old and newFull-Contact Experiences with Malarkey  November 12, 2020
Here are some euphemisms to help you get through the rest of this year's "human hibernation."
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Watch out — there's a new candidate for Euphemism of the Year! And this one just might be one of the sneakiest snakes.
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Article Topics:Evasive ManeuversEuphemisms old and newMaster of the Malarkey Arts September 10, 2020 By Mark Peters
Whether you're interested in a mastery of mystic arts degree or finding your own twin flame, we have euphemism for you.
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"Plantation"--a word with a complicated history in the US--appears in many brand and community names. Is it time to abandon it?
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You don't need much imagination to guess why people who work in the dictionary world would be interested in new words, but the research methods for finding them are much more wide-ranging and intensive than you might imagine.
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Article Topics:Word RoutesExploring the pathways of our lexiconPronouns Prevail for Word of Year and Decade January 10, 2020 By Nancy Friedman
Linguistically, it seems, the second decade of the 21st century was all about our selves. At its annual meeting the American Dialect Society selected (my) pronouns as its word of the year for 2019 and singular or nonbinary they as the word of the decade.
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Article Topics:Language LoungeA Monthly Column for Word LoversComparative Nonsense November 1, 2019 By Orin Hargraves
It's time to dive headfirst into that confoundingest of subjects: the formation of comparatives and superlatives.
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