By Curtis Honeycutt Names hold enormous power. I’ve always been impressed by people who go by names with only one word — Cher, Beyoncé, Prince,
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Throwing the book at Captain Hook
By Curtis Honeycutt Before I slash at Captain Hook’s character, I want to say this: if I could grow a twisty mustache like Captain Hook,
Baby got back slang
By Curtis Honeycutt As I approach the magical age of 40, I’m supposedly getting to the peak of my life (and then it’s all downhill
If you squint, it almost makes sense
By Curtis Honeycutt I didn’t wear glasses until I was 19. As an up-and-coming visionary word nerd, I had never thought I needed corrective lenses.
It’s not as bad as it sounds
By Curtis Honeycutt I’ve been accused of acting my shoe size more times than I can count. I’m OK with that. Why is that, you
A primer on nice-sounding words and names
By Curtis Honeycutt There’s a subreddit page I like to visit called r/eyebleach. It essentially gives your eyes a break from scrolling through cynical and
‘Goblin mode’ named Oxford English Dictionary’s Word of the Year 2022
By Curtis Honeycutt Now the Oxford English Dictionary is at it. In my previous column, I reported that “gaslighting” has been named the Word of
Believe it or not, ‘gaslighting’ is the Word of the Year 2022
By Curtis Honeycutt The folks over at Merriam-Webster are at it again. They are claiming that the Word of the Year 2022 is “gaslighting.” That
Beware the elusive adnominal snowman
By Curtis Honeycutt My daughter has started roaming the streets looking for Bigfoot clues. According to her kindergarten classmates, Bigfoot only comes out at night,
Confused about this word? Get in line.
By Curtis Honeycutt Of all the Scrabble letters, Q and Z hold the most value, at 10 points apiece. In 1982, Karl Khoshnaw – the