One thing I've always loved, but that I've admitted to loving a bit more this year, is the etymology of words. Luckily there are lots of writers who make their careers writing about this ( Read more... )

Huh?
I was just stuffing some envelopes here at work, and I noticed on one of the pamphlets listing things that children can do at the library, one of the things they boast is Clavarder sur MSN Chat.. That's a neologism I hadn't heard before. It seems to be Clavier(Keyboard) + Bavarder(Gabbing or "Chattering" if you will). Heh, not too bad ( Read more... )

I guess this is a pretty disappointing thought of the day, but I found out that two words I never really liked are actually "wrong".

Cater-corner eventually became kitty-corner or catty-corner when the original meaning of cater ("four") had become obsolete ( Read more... )