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2017

Is Angelina a celeb or a sleb?original ↗
3 Nov 2017
Iteration and its iterationsoriginal ↗
1 Nov 2017
Thou lily-livered boyoriginal ↗
30 Oct 2017
I came, I seen, I conqueredoriginal ↗
27 Oct 2017
Mother, can I?original ↗
25 Oct 2017
Hear Pat on Iowa Public Radiooriginal ↗
25 Oct 2017
On teens and teenagersoriginal ↗
23 Oct 2017
How unique is ‘unique’?original ↗
20 Oct 2017
The noisome origins of ‘noisy’original ↗
18 Oct 2017
Biggity: too big for one’s britchesoriginal ↗
16 Oct 2017
Is it all relative … or academic?original ↗
13 Oct 2017
Seedy endingsoriginal ↗
11 Oct 2017
Is ‘ungrateful’ the new ‘uppity’?original ↗
6 Oct 2017
One of a kindoriginal ↗
4 Oct 2017
A political groundswelloriginal ↗
2 Oct 2017
The ‘newfangled’ iPhone Xoriginal ↗
29 Sept 2017
As bad or worse than?original ↗
27 Sept 2017
Green thumbs and green fingersoriginal ↗
25 Sept 2017
On nobs and snobsoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2017
Days of our livesoriginal ↗
20 Sept 2017
Run the gambit?original ↗
18 Sept 2017
Snob appealoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2017
An ‘utter’ and an ‘utter’original ↗
13 Sept 2017
Months of our livesoriginal ↗
11 Sept 2017
Leery of leers?original ↗
8 Sept 2017
Is flyering the new leafleting?original ↗
6 Sept 2017
On sloth, human and arborealoriginal ↗
1 Sept 2017
Mrs. Elton’s ridiculeoriginal ↗
30 Aug 2017
That’s all, ffoulkes!original ↗
28 Aug 2017
Do you give good meeting?original ↗
25 Aug 2017
Supremacist or supremist?original ↗
23 Aug 2017
“Valet”: VA-lay, VA-let, va-LAY?original ↗
21 Aug 2017
To each their ownoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2017
A last-ditch attemptoriginal ↗
16 Aug 2017
Locked and loadedoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2017
Hear Pat on Iowa Public Radiooriginal ↗
14 Aug 2017
An uncommon courtesyoriginal ↗
11 Aug 2017
Either or neither of three?original ↗
9 Aug 2017
She Who Must Be Obeyedoriginal ↗
7 Aug 2017
Hit right on the screwsoriginal ↗
4 Aug 2017
Sense and synthesisoriginal ↗
2 Aug 2017
Henry the Fifth or Henry Five?original ↗
31 Jul 2017
A lesson in pornolinguisticsoriginal ↗
28 Jul 2017
A rising sophomore?original ↗
26 Jul 2017
Let’s pick a few nitsoriginal ↗
24 Jul 2017
Why ‘spay’ her, but ‘neuter’ him?original ↗
21 Jul 2017
The convinced and the persuadedoriginal ↗
19 Jul 2017
Nonfiction before ‘nonfiction’original ↗
17 Jul 2017
Digital footprintoriginal ↗
14 Jul 2017
Turning state’s evidenceoriginal ↗
12 Jul 2017
Good grief!original ↗
10 Jul 2017
Is ‘few’ fewer than ‘a few’?original ↗
7 Jul 2017
Pots to cook in, pee in, melt inoriginal ↗
5 Jul 2017
It’s all about ‘we the people’original ↗
3 Jul 2017
‘We the people’ v. ‘us the people’original ↗
3 Jul 2017
When past perfect is just perfectoriginal ↗
30 Jun 2017
Literal mindedoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2017
The beginning of an endingoriginal ↗
26 Jun 2017
The lowdown on ‘crescendo’original ↗
23 Jun 2017
Common day occurrenceoriginal ↗
21 Jun 2017
Flaunting and floutingoriginal ↗
19 Jun 2017
Our slant on ‘bias’original ↗
16 Jun 2017
Trepid, trepidant, trepidatiousoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2017
Ego trip: “egoist” vs. “egotist”original ↗
12 Jun 2017
When ‘to have’ is ‘to allow’original ↗
9 Jun 2017
No traffic in both directions?original ↗
7 Jun 2017
When roads squeakedoriginal ↗
5 Jun 2017
Is ‘kaput’ a loanword?original ↗
2 Jun 2017
An “ough,” alreadyoriginal ↗
31 May 2017
From Mrs. and Miss to Ms.original ↗
26 May 2017
A ‘post-’ postoriginal ↗
24 May 2017
Fifty shades of ‘they’original ↗
22 May 2017
What’s the matter?original ↗
19 May 2017
Believe you meoriginal ↗
17 May 2017
On digesting food and factoriginal ↗
15 May 2017
Is it a fray or an affray?original ↗
12 May 2017
How ‘Mrs.’ became ‘missus’original ↗
10 May 2017
Fits and startsoriginal ↗
8 May 2017
A decadent chocolate cakeoriginal ↗
5 May 2017
Hear Pat on Iowa Public Radiooriginal ↗
4 May 2017
A saboteuse? A chanteur?original ↗
3 May 2017
How ‘master’ became ‘mister’original ↗
1 May 2017
Another thing (or think?) comingoriginal ↗
28 Apr 2017
Hello, Minnie!original ↗
26 Apr 2017
The poop about poopedoriginal ↗
24 Apr 2017
Compounding the problemoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2017
Batten down the hatchesoriginal ↗
19 Apr 2017
Was Elizabeth Bennet blowsy?original ↗
17 Apr 2017
A ‘fount’ or ‘font’ of knowledge?original ↗
14 Apr 2017
Does your grandma suck eggs?original ↗
12 Apr 2017
Can ‘across’ mean ‘around’?original ↗
10 Apr 2017
A lawyer walks into a baroriginal ↗
7 Apr 2017
A plethora of notionsoriginal ↗
5 Apr 2017
A blown rose, by any other nameoriginal ↗
3 Apr 2017
Is might (v.) a kin of might (n.)?original ↗
31 Mar 2017
It’s medieval, albeit still with usoriginal ↗
29 Mar 2017
Muffs, mufflers, and muffedoriginal ↗
27 Mar 2017
When “mortify” meant to killoriginal ↗
24 Mar 2017
The emperor’s cold feetoriginal ↗
22 Mar 2017
Is “monthslong” a word?original ↗
20 Mar 2017
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