A Walk in the WoRds

I am definitely hiring this guy to write the ad if I ever sell a car on Craigslist. 1997 Jeep Cherokee  (XJ) 220K Miles 4.0 L in...

Am I the only one who has a problem with the name of Subway's new menu item? There are just too many options for the phonetic rea...

This is one of two themed billboards that has been peppering Michigan expressways this spring. The other looks almost identical, save...

Does drinking wine turn texting abbreviations into acronyms? This is what I saw as I turned the corner at the grocery store the other d...

What a profound way of switching sounds and words around to create a clever and appropriate advertisement. This is just one ad fro...

Tim Hortons is advertising a limited-time Caramel Chocolate Brownie Iced Capp Supreme. The tagline for the campaign is "Brownie Poin...

Burnett's Flavored Vodkas may have launched the " Always Your Flavorite " advertising campaign over a year ago, but I just s...

Some people read faster than others. It's not the speed that matters, it's that you do it. Either way, this is a fun challenge....

As part of a vodka promotion, these coozies were given out at one of our local watering holes last week. Something about the rhymi...

Driving on the expressway recently, I passed a truck bearing a particular phrase. Most drivers would probably write it off as an eponymous ...

are a verb. Oops, I meant to say," is a verb." Am I the only one whose prescriptive side is bothered by this advertising campaign...

As well as all sports fans and/or language enthusiasts, I present to you a compilation of language-related Super Bowl XLVI links. Macmillan ...

Lord knows the difference between further and farther has been covered on the internet too many times to count, but if a ballpark number hel...

"Do You Make These Mistakes in English? The Story of Sherwin Cody's Famous Language School" by Edwin L. Battistella ʌ v (1 ca...

Would you have a hard time distinguishing the source of a fast food chicken sandwich if a t-shirt company trademarked a phrase used on their...

If you are wondering which sporting event to watch this weekend, you may want to take the blimpworthiness factor of the options into consid...

If you have ever wondered how a word can lose its hipness-status, along with its meaning, here is a clue: Also, check out the full article t...

Fritinancy brought Lexicon Blog 's post Understanding The “X” Factor to my attention through her October Linkfest . It is a an informa...

From David Soames Advertising napkin n. a small piece of table linen that is used to wipe the mouth and to cover the lap in order to protec...

Where is the crack? It's all in the context. From David Soames Advertising