Wordplay

Upon learning that someone is trying to insert "dadelor" into the English language, we have but one reaction: Make…

Horrible neologism alert: "manopause" has entered the vernacular.

California's gubernatorial race has momentarily shifted from Brown vs. Whitman to slur vs. slur. Go go Oppression…

If you're an OED enthusiast, you'll be happy (or perhaps horrified?) to know that the famed dictionary has added…

Four adults dressed in bee costumes appeared yesterday outside the Grand Hyatt where the Scripps National Spelling…

In an effort to be extremely (overly?) sensitive, NPR has instructed staffers to no longer use the terms…

Yesterday we were introduced to "hegan." Today, it's "chexting," and its close friend, "brexting." No, really.

Things women supposedly feel/think about while giving a blow job, according to a proposed ad for Durex condoms:…

The good news: the number of women starting their own businesses is on the rise. The bad news: the number of words…

James Frey's six-word memoir for It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure is…

A few months ago, I came home to find my dog rolling around in a pile of garbage, celebrating his destruction with…

Apparently the longest entry in the new Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary goes to the word…

Professor Christian Kay has spent 42 years compiling the world's most comprehensive thesaurus. (Which of course…

I never knew how much I hated the word "fiancé" until I got engaged. I kind of cringe when I have to say it to…

Gourmet magazine has a story (via Newser) about Jaime Araujo, a "Napa Valley Girl" who has made a splash in French…