LMAO

The Decline and Fall of the Nickname - Newsweek Society - MSNBC.com:I’ll give President Bush credit for coming up with one decent nickname: he quite cleverly dubbed Karl Rove, his trusted adviser and top hatchetman, Turd Blossom. (Here’s how we know Bush came up with it himself: no one other than the president of the United States, probably ( Read more... )

Why does Bush go "nucular"? By Kate Taylor - Slate Magazine:To say "the word is spelled (x), and therefore should be pronounced (y)" doesn't make any sense. Spelling is not a legitimate basis for determining pronunciation, for the following reasons ( Read more... )

Does the World Cup have a lingua franca? By Daniel Engber:[Alexi] Lalas once regaled [a referee] in Ecuador with the Spanish translation of "son of a bitch." The resulting phrase turned out to be far more offensive than the English version, and he got a red card on the spot.