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When You Open Your Mouth And Your Mother's Voice Comes Out
A few months ago, I came home to find my dog rolling around in a pile of garbage, celebrating his destruction with the dance moves of Templeton from Charlotte's Web. The first words out of my mouth were "For Cripessake!" More »Safire Would've Had A Field Day...
Apparently the longest entry in the new Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary goes to the word "immediately," which has a whopping 265 synonyms with which to express our collective impatience and probably exaggerated sense of urgency. [TimesUK]Life's Work
Professor Christian Kay has spent 42 years compiling the world's most comprehensive thesaurus. (Which of course means the Daily Mail refers to her as a "lingo-loving spinster.") Says she, "Scots are quite good at dictionaries." [Daily Mail]Is There A Better Word For "Fiancé"?
Ladies, Let's Be Honest: Are We Girls? Or Are We Women?