Odds and Sods

I have happened upon a number of interesting word-related thingies over the past week or so. As it’s been a while since I posted anything, I’ll share them with you here.

New words(?)

Merriam-Webster, regarded by many as the US dictionary has published its new edition, and has added some 100 new words. Naturally, some [...]

Timely Bits

A smallish round-up of words and phrases appropriate for this week. As you may know, the period of Lent begins tomorrow, when Christians across the globe will fast (if they are particularly devout) or symbolically give something up in the forty day run-up to Easter. So, today is Shrove Tuesday – well, for Brits and [...]