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2017

“Intend on” vs. “intend to”original ↗
17 Mar 2017
Little Buttercup, disassembled?original ↗
15 Mar 2017
Coming for to carry me homeoriginal ↗
13 Mar 2017
Suck, sucker, and sucking uporiginal ↗
10 Mar 2017
Can a ‘run-on’ sentence run on?original ↗
8 Mar 2017
Shards or sherds?original ↗
6 Mar 2017
Adjectives galoreoriginal ↗
3 Mar 2017
‘Interested in’ vs. ‘interested to’original ↗
1 Mar 2017
Which egg came first?original ↗
27 Feb 2017
Lay waste to Carthage?original ↗
24 Feb 2017
Fatal or mortal?original ↗
22 Feb 2017
Jane Austen’s “Fanny”original ↗
20 Feb 2017
Like a death’s head at a feastoriginal ↗
17 Feb 2017
Elder vs. older: an eald storyoriginal ↗
15 Feb 2017
Scratch madeoriginal ↗
13 Feb 2017
A mite interesting?original ↗
10 Feb 2017
An adverb, forsooth!original ↗
8 Feb 2017
Here’s to hoppinessoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2017
Arrival timeoriginal ↗
3 Feb 2017
Why surgery is an operationoriginal ↗
1 Feb 2017
When “and that” means “etc.”original ↗
30 Jan 2017
“Mammalogy” or “mammology”?original ↗
27 Jan 2017
Why the racket sport is “squash”original ↗
25 Jan 2017
Needs must when the devil drivesoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2017
When “we” is “you”original ↗
20 Jan 2017
Keeping up with the Jonesesoriginal ↗
18 Jan 2017
The light and dark of languageoriginal ↗
16 Jan 2017
Breaking the iceoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2017
Drones, bees and otherwiseoriginal ↗
11 Jan 2017
Does a doorway need a door?original ↗
9 Jan 2017
How French is “Des Moines”?original ↗
6 Jan 2017
When “old chestnut” was neworiginal ↗
4 Jan 2017
Is red beautiful?original ↗
2 Jan 2017

2016

Getting to the bottom of pantsoriginal ↗
30 Dec 2016
Munch on, crunch on, nuncheon!original ↗
28 Dec 2016
Pay her a call? Or call her up?original ↗
26 Dec 2016
Does your sweetheart stink?original ↗
23 Dec 2016
Toothsome dishesoriginal ↗
21 Dec 2016
Isn’t that a coinkydink?original ↗
19 Dec 2016
How hip is a hippie?original ↗
16 Dec 2016
The whole nine yards, againoriginal ↗
14 Dec 2016
The circularity of dialsoriginal ↗
12 Dec 2016
December nine: A cardinal sin?original ↗
9 Dec 2016
How the C-section got its nameoriginal ↗
7 Dec 2016
Off-putting and down-puttingoriginal ↗
5 Dec 2016
You dirty, yellow-bellied ratoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2016
Fractious or fractured?original ↗
30 Nov 2016
Grass widow or grace widow?original ↗
28 Nov 2016
Congradulations!original ↗
25 Nov 2016
Why is a turkey leg a drumstick?original ↗
24 Nov 2016
Emigrate or immigrate?original ↗
23 Nov 2016
Is “posse” racist?original ↗
21 Nov 2016
Dial A for anachronismoriginal ↗
18 Nov 2016
A copper’s narkoriginal ↗
16 Nov 2016
A Melican manoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2016
A richly woven tapestryoriginal ↗
11 Nov 2016
It’s powwow timeoriginal ↗
9 Nov 2016
Testing the watersoriginal ↗
7 Nov 2016
When “tract” is off trackoriginal ↗
4 Nov 2016
Couples therapyoriginal ↗
2 Nov 2016
The roll of the diceoriginal ↗
31 Oct 2016
How “awk” lost its wayoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2016
Are the Clintons a dynasty?original ↗
26 Oct 2016
Why the dead are “late”original ↗
24 Oct 2016
Hear Pat on Iowa Public Radiooriginal ↗
24 Oct 2016
Graphic languageoriginal ↗
21 Oct 2016
Relational therapyoriginal ↗
19 Oct 2016
When chairmen carried chairsoriginal ↗
17 Oct 2016
When “my wife” is “the wife”original ↗
14 Oct 2016
Melania’s pussy boworiginal ↗
12 Oct 2016
Needlework: sewer or sewist?original ↗
10 Oct 2016
Is “pussy” a dirty word?original ↗
9 Oct 2016
What is a con-see-AIR?original ↗
7 Oct 2016
A stiff upper liporiginal ↗
5 Oct 2016
Make no bones about itoriginal ↗
3 Oct 2016
The “potter” in “potter’s field”original ↗
30 Sept 2016
A note to our readersoriginal ↗
28 Sept 2016
Does Sam Weller speak cockney?original ↗
28 Sept 2016
When horses stalkedoriginal ↗
26 Sept 2016
Is “one” the one?original ↗
23 Sept 2016
The awkwardness of “awkward”original ↗
21 Sept 2016
Priority: the highs and the lowsoriginal ↗
19 Sept 2016
Jerk, jerky, and jerking offoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2016
On rifling and rifflingoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2016
Is “bumblebee” a buzz word?original ↗
12 Sept 2016
How tolerant is tolerance?original ↗
9 Sept 2016
On “unchartered” waters?original ↗
7 Sept 2016
Words of preyoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2016
Can a number be a pronoun?original ↗
31 Aug 2016
Pissy languageoriginal ↗
29 Aug 2016
Pudding and other ing-lish wordsoriginal ↗
26 Aug 2016
What’s in a word?original ↗
24 Aug 2016
Prix fixe or prefix menu?original ↗
22 Aug 2016
Why verb a noun? Why not?original ↗
19 Aug 2016
“Shoulder,” a term with legsoriginal ↗
17 Aug 2016
On dentists and dontistsoriginal ↗
15 Aug 2016
To be or not to be a questionoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2016
And, voilà, “wallah”!original ↗
10 Aug 2016
An old usage risen from the deadoriginal ↗
8 Aug 2016
On dysphemism and euphemismoriginal ↗
5 Aug 2016
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