language

If you’re not up to snuff, you’re not up to scratch and maybe you don’t get a cigar.

This week’s question has not been a recurring one, by which we mean it has occurred once and not reoccurred.

If it seems unlikely that crotchety people are related, at least etymologically, to those who do crochet, stay tuned.

Given how much we’re talking about AI right now, it’s no surprise that AI-related words featured prominently in this year’s word of the year vote.

Sometimes we don’t realize that we’re using a trademarked term differently from those around us.

We can pepper our food or pepper our speech or, if the mood strikes us, we can be peppy in a pep rally kind of way.

‘Tis the season to talk about "‘tis" and "‘twas" and, while we’re at it, "hap."

If you’re too big for your britches, maybe you’re all mouth and trousers.

The word "pants" has oodles of good linguistic stories to tell, and that’s no pile of pants.

It's a time of year when many of us are cooking and eating big meals together which may involve fried food and "small fry."