Are you guilty of saying “wait, what?” when you hear something surprising?

What about jumping on the trend of “asking for friend” when everyone, including yourself, knows it’s for you?

If a US university had its way, those words would be banned in 2022.

Lake Superior State University in Michigan has compiled an annual banished words list since 1976 to ( Read more... )

Whenever US President Joe Biden, or the guy before him, mangles his words, or speech, it's international news...

Okay, the guy's in his 70s & been in politics a loooong time

Our current Prime Minister is 53 years old & has been in politics since 2003. He regularly makes mincemeat of public announcements & speeches, without the excuses of age or ( Read more... )

Here in Australia, we have a popular ice cream called the Golden Gaytime - vanilla & honeycomb-flavoured ice cream on a stick, covered in sugary crumbs. It was first sold in 1959 when 'gay' just meant happy...

Fast-forward to 2021 & there is a small, but vocal push to have the treat renamed, due to the name's connection to the LGBTQI+ community. ( Read more... )

I may have touched on some of these before, but since they haven't gone away...

Why is something always "jaw-dropping" when it's merely surprising?

Why does everybody "break their silence", when all they do is issue a statement on an issue... or have their publicist do it on their behalf?

Furthermore, why do they "open up" about something, when it's ( Read more... )