Words

Mind your language

Is something ‘greenlit’ – or ‘greenlighted’?

I fear language does not abide by logic

Dot Wordsworth

Where did ‘husband’ come from?

Whereas I as a housewife enjoy a comparatively transparent label, any husband’s title is obscure

Dot Wordsworth

Wake up, babe, new Dot Wordsworth just dropped

Drop is having a creative time at the moment

Dot Wordsworth

Are we still doing phrasing?

In our irony-sodden age, children may be the last reminder that words mean something

Billy McMorris

And Finally

We ought to banish more words

The phrase ‘Wait. What?’ is the verbal equivalent of a double take

Dot Wordsworth