This Wretched Hive // Of Words and Nerdery

*My husband's name has been changed because he thinks this is all “bunkum”. My husband, Jerry*, and I have been arguing for some da...

Gobsmacked, adj. : flabbergasted, astounded; speechless or incoherent with amazement. It’s been four weeks since I posted my musings on...

This is my brain—on words.  While I was in middle school, I attended an after-school lecture regarding sex in the media. I would learn ...

This is by far my favorite story about English.   Although the majority of English words are loaned, borrowed, or stolen from other langua...

I'm so not into adding 'so' to verbs. The OED online has two more new entries for so as of 2005, in addition to the adjectiv...

I miss Friends so much; it was so funny and so true. While reading an interesting journal article about adjectival intensifiers in the TV ...

When does linguistic ability develop? One can easily look up information on when the heart, lungs, or fingernails develop in the fetus. W...