That's What They Say

If you know how the sound "f" worked in Old English, it suddenly isn’t mysterious why the ... more

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If I say I’m gonna do it, I don’t necessarily mean I’m headed out the door right now to do... more

2025 had lots of people talking about sixes and sevens, but not in the loose ends kind of ... more

Next time you’re hanging out with friends, you can debate just how slangy the phrasal verb... more

This may be one of the only times that throw pillows, golf, and curling all get wrapped in... more

When we get schooled at something, we may feel humbled by the experience; but when we win ... more

When terror rains down, we suddenly have a spelling question.

The Declaration of Independence could readily have been the Declaration of Independency.

We can be bereaved, we can be bereft, and sometimes we can be both bereaved and bereft.

There are a few different ways to be wonky, some of which are positive and some of which, ... more

The way some people use "resonate" doesn't resonate with all of our listeners.

If we’re involved in a hurry-scurry retreat or a harum-scarum dash, perhaps things are als... more

If you’re not up to snuff, you’re not up to scratch and maybe you don’t get a cigar.

This week’s question has not been a recurring one, by which we mean it has occurred once a... more

If it seems unlikely that crotchety people are related, at least etymologically, to those ... more

Given how much we’re talking about AI right now, it’s no surprise that AI-related words fe... more

Sometimes we don’t realize that we’re using a trademarked term differently from those arou... more

We can pepper our food or pepper our speech or, if the mood strikes us, we can be peppy in... more

‘Tis the season to talk about "‘tis" and "‘twas" and, while we’re at it, "hap."