By Curtis Honeycutt Don’t you love it when linguistics and geography collide? No, I’m not talking about the town of Noun, Alaska, where people, places,
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Stuck in the middle with you
By Curtis Honeycutt Are you ready for a linguistic adventure that blurs the lines of words and verbal volleyball? Buckle up, buttercup, because things are
How verbal hedges can get you out of yard work
By Curtis Honeycutt At the dawn of every springtime, I make a list of things I want to do in my lawn and garden. This
Do you suffer from dontopedalogy?
By Curtis Honeycutt At one of my previous jobs, we passed around a special trophy. The trophy had to be earned in an unusual way.
These words are counting on you
By Curtis Honeycutt I’ve always been a numbers guy. In elementary school, if anyone made fun of my disproportionately large head, I would withhold answers
The loneliest words in the dictionary
By Curtis Honeycutt Talking about unpaired socks is like talking about the need to eat food — it happens to everyone. Anyone in the history
There’s some extra pleonasm on your shirt
By Curtis Honeycutt In the “Ghostbusters” movies, the eponymous heroes blast ghosts and otherworldly beings with their proton packs, and the ghosts explode into a
The best of both (hybrid) words
By Curtis Honeycutt Our family bought a minivan last year. With child number three on the way, we needed more room for car seats and
What’s my name again? Explaining pseudonyms
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,
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,