A Walk in the WoRds

"The Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman" by Meg Wolitzer ʌ ʌ (2 carets up) What a wonderful book for young readers. Whether interested i...

Back in February of this year I posted about the word props and an observant reader, Joseph Christina RN, sent me the following which I tho...

I am not much of a shopper, but as I passsed a store advertising a sale today it struck me how much the acronym for "BUY ONE, GET ONE...

I recently came across a new term in the August issue of Detroit's Hour Magazine. The appropriateness of the timing of my newly acquired...

The June 1st issue of Newsweek magazine includes an article about the current trend that has restaurants labelling menu items with the neolo...

This is a picture of the back of a key card from a recent stay at a ski resort. It is a bit hard to make out but just above the name of the ...

The July 28th Newsweek has an article that references the style of wearing pants low on the hips and revealing boxer shorts. Until I read t...

Returning to the subject of vocabulary from yesterday, if you have not yet heard of the website Free Rice ( http://www.freerice.com/ ), it i...

What a great time of year it is for word, vocabulary, etymology and spelling lovers. The Scripps National Spelling Bee begins today. Yes, I ...