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2016

We can’t help but changeoriginal ↗
3 Aug 2016
Rabbits!original ↗
1 Aug 2016
Old-fashion or old-fashioned?original ↗
29 Jul 2016
Faux French: un oeuf, already?original ↗
27 Jul 2016
Why is “have to” so needy?original ↗
25 Jul 2016
G.O.A.T. (Greatest of All Time)original ↗
22 Jul 2016
A guerrilla of Franceoriginal ↗
20 Jul 2016
A reactionary usageoriginal ↗
18 Jul 2016
The singular life of “they”original ↗
15 Jul 2016
When “bourgeois” became bulloriginal ↗
13 Jul 2016
When out of your home is in itoriginal ↗
11 Jul 2016
Shining a light on candlesoriginal ↗
8 Jul 2016
Unconsciously? Subconsciously?original ↗
6 Jul 2016
Watkins, catkins, and other kinoriginal ↗
1 Jul 2016
Does “concertize” sound odd?original ↗
29 Jun 2016
When a contraction won’t dooriginal ↗
27 Jun 2016
Ye olde bookshoppeoriginal ↗
24 Jun 2016
Hear Pat on Iowa Public Radiooriginal ↗
22 Jun 2016
What with one thing and anotheroriginal ↗
22 Jun 2016
Did you vigil for Orlando?original ↗
20 Jun 2016
Why is it “went,” not “goed”?original ↗
17 Jun 2016
Bombshells, blonde & otherwiseoriginal ↗
15 Jun 2016
A lexical epidemicoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2016
A hole that swallows thingsoriginal ↗
10 Jun 2016
Mixed feelingsoriginal ↗
8 Jun 2016
When “it” isn’t fitoriginal ↗
6 Jun 2016
Why “lucky me,” not “lucky I”?original ↗
3 Jun 2016
From “housewife” to “hussy”original ↗
1 Jun 2016
Participle physicsoriginal ↗
27 May 2016
Sex, gender, and rock ’n’ rolloriginal ↗
25 May 2016
“Word” is a word is a wordoriginal ↗
23 May 2016
A slave named Smithoriginal ↗
20 May 2016
A midwife’s taleoriginal ↗
18 May 2016
Are two hoods better than one?original ↗
16 May 2016
Passive resistanceoriginal ↗
13 May 2016
He should’ve stood in bedoriginal ↗
11 May 2016
Follows the subjectoriginal ↗
9 May 2016
Unimagined and unimaginableoriginal ↗
6 May 2016
Scales get in your eyesoriginal ↗
4 May 2016
Is “based off” off base?original ↗
2 May 2016
School days, school daysoriginal ↗
29 Apr 2016
Dribs and drabsoriginal ↗
27 Apr 2016
Druggist or chemist?original ↗
25 Apr 2016
Color us pluraloriginal ↗
22 Apr 2016
Page referencesoriginal ↗
20 Apr 2016
The well-tempered replyoriginal ↗
18 Apr 2016
Don’t sweat itoriginal ↗
15 Apr 2016
Snacks and refreshmentsoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2016
Hear Pat on Iowa Public Radiooriginal ↗
13 Apr 2016
Fold like a cheap Xoriginal ↗
11 Apr 2016
Why a canard?original ↗
8 Apr 2016
Dribbling, on court and on biboriginal ↗
6 Apr 2016
Lexical pageantryoriginal ↗
4 Apr 2016
Sizing up YOOGEoriginal ↗
1 Apr 2016
The truth about truismoriginal ↗
30 Mar 2016
A sneak peekoriginal ↗
28 Mar 2016
When an omen isn’t ominousoriginal ↗
25 Mar 2016
A progressive futureoriginal ↗
23 Mar 2016
Paying your duesoriginal ↗
21 Mar 2016
Neat and tidyishoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2016
A “bona fide” pronunciation?original ↗
16 Mar 2016
Is “if you will” a verbal tic?original ↗
14 Mar 2016
When “I don’t care” means “Yes”original ↗
11 Mar 2016
In kilter or out of it?original ↗
9 Mar 2016
Baby, it’s cold outsideoriginal ↗
7 Mar 2016
How permission is expressedoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2016
Why “children,” not “childs”?original ↗
2 Mar 2016
Like father, like sonoriginal ↗
29 Feb 2016
Why do the English drop aitches?original ↗
26 Feb 2016
On chicks and chickensoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2016
When push comes to shoveoriginal ↗
22 Feb 2016
The 3 “ch” sounds: sh, tch, koriginal ↗
19 Feb 2016
How traditional is a tradition?original ↗
17 Feb 2016
Why do we con-VICT a CON-vict?original ↗
15 Feb 2016
Phobias, inside and outoriginal ↗
12 Feb 2016
A risky prepositionoriginal ↗
10 Feb 2016
Strove Mondayoriginal ↗
8 Feb 2016
When “less” is “minus”original ↗
5 Feb 2016
Apostrophic illnessesoriginal ↗
3 Feb 2016
Quite franklyoriginal ↗
1 Feb 2016
Is “wussy” milder than “pussy”?original ↗
29 Jan 2016
PEE-a-nist or pee-A-nist?original ↗
27 Jan 2016
Is there evil in Eve?original ↗
25 Jan 2016
Hats off to the bogginsoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2016
¿Why isn’t English like Spanish?original ↗
20 Jan 2016
The light and dark of languageoriginal ↗
18 Jan 2016
Here’s how!original ↗
15 Jan 2016
Does that bikini still fit?original ↗
13 Jan 2016
Extrovert or extravert?original ↗
11 Jan 2016
Can “once” mean “when”?original ↗
8 Jan 2016
Are your socks breathing?original ↗
6 Jan 2016
What’s in a nameplate?original ↗
4 Jan 2016
New Year’s dazeoriginal ↗
1 Jan 2016

2015

When “bad” means “good”original ↗
30 Dec 2015
Is “pussy” a dirty word?original ↗
28 Dec 2015
Who put the “X” in “Xmas”?original ↗
25 Dec 2015
One mustache or two?original ↗
23 Dec 2015
Is “me neither” legit?original ↗
21 Dec 2015
When the postman came twiceoriginal ↗
18 Dec 2015
Are your duds a dud?original ↗
16 Dec 2015
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