By Curtis Honeycutt In a classic episode of “Saturday Night Live,” Christopher Walken confidently declares, “I’ve got a fever, and the only prescription is more
Tag: Curtis Honeycutt
Searching for words between the poles – introducing miranyms
By Curtis Honeycutt My kids still don’t know that Santa can’t live at the North Pole. There’s no land underneath the ice sheets that melt
Optical illusion opposites: exploring the meaning of pseudoantonyms
By Curtis Honeycutt I have a new friend who lived in Kenya for most of his life. He speaks about a dozen languages conversationally. Of
Revisiting the home name game: go Hoosiers!
By Curtis Honeycutt I love being at home. It’s where I sleep. It’s where I write. Home is where I watch Netflix. It’s an amazing
Grammar Guy: The back-word world of semordnilaps
The back-word world of semordnilaps By Curtis Honeycutt We all know examples of palindromes: taco cat, racecar, kayak, Hannah. A palindrome is a word that,
Why the meddling middle letters in ‘ladder’ matter
By Curtis Honeycutt I live in a house built around the year 1890. My neighborhood is called “Old Town,” for obvious reasons. The other day
The latest words from across the pond
By Curtis Honeycutt There’s a good reason I haven’t shared a roundup of new dictionary words in a while – the people over at Merriam-Webster
A handy-dandy guide to reduplicative words
By Curtis Honeycutt I promise I’m not trying to get this song stuck in your head, but its lyrics illustrate the language term I want
When a word is itself – or is it?
By Curtis Honeycutt I like to think of myself as a logical person, but as I dig into the English language, I find that much
The hall of fame of the aptly named
By Curtis Honeycutt Have you ever met a married couple who start to resemble each other over a period of time? Or how about someone