Just to clarify, that’s nice as in mice, not Nice as in Côte d’Azur, in case you’re still in holiday mode. Although, since we acquired the word from the French, there’s [...]
Festival season is upon us and the mind naturally wanders to haplology. No, that’s not the science of urinating in a plastic pint pot while watching Kassabian, it’s a term coined by [...]
Cashback. That’s a peculiar word, isn’t it? What began as, “Would you like cash back?” has morphed into, “Would you like cashback?” – cashback being not just [...]
You may be experiencing a sense of déjà vu. I will explain. Last week’s Word of the Week was something of a red herring. The subject line of the email said the word was pilgrim but the [...]
Nobody seems prepared to identify the one true father of rock’n’roll but, as the obits pointed out this week, there’s a strong likelihood that it was Chuck Berry. It certainly [...]
