Vape, meaning “to smoke an electronic cigarette,” is among the entries in Grant’s tenth annual Words of the Year List for The New York Times. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Vaping” All right...
Companies sometimes intentionally misspell a product’s name in order to get customers’ attention. These deliberate mistakes, such as Cheez Whiz, Krispy Kreme, and Froot Loops, are also called sensational spelling or divergent spelling...
hub dot n.— «The inside of this insert contained the actual Blu-ray disk. The disk was attached to the cardboard with a so-called “hub dot,” a small foam button used to fasten CDs and DVDs to all kinds of surfaces...