What's the Word Now?

I just went to a discussion of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" at my local library. This was part of a year of events...

It's been a couple of weeks since my last post. I need to remind myself that not every message here has to be a long essay. In that spir...

It's always an education to play word games with my friends and relatives. Words are a big part of my job, but I often lose Scrabble to ...

There was a design/copy editor so sharp, hardly anything fretted her. Her demeanor was placid, but her wit could be acid, and she pounce...

I discovered today that "salient" and "desultory" come from the same root word , the Latin "salire," meaning t...

Recently I listened to a lengthy interview by "The Skiffy and Fanty Show" of my friend and former co-worker, Sabrina Vourvoulias ...

"What is best in life?" "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women....

I've been working to learn Audacity, an audiofile editor, so here is my first podcast! Because I was recently reminded of the beauty of ...

A new acquaintance was cut short today (the budding relationship, not the person), when I mentioned having started this blog recently. He sa...

No, I don't know anything about obscure jargon used by tollbooth personnel, or anything like that. (Sorry, Georgette Heyer fans.) I...

Recently, I smirked at a headline in my local newspaper's business section: "Frosty interview may signal trouble." Is there r...

For a lot of this post, I'll be writing mostly for myself, as reminders for future endeavors. However, I hope my thoughts may prove usef...

Recently, the word "ladylike" has come up in the news. Oxforddictionaries.com defines the word as “appropriate for or typical o...

I'm going to be using this blog to comment about words, language, writing, and news. Although my education focused on science, I've ...