How do you pronounce the word patronize? Is one pronunciation used if you say “Don’t patronize me!” and another one if you say “We patronize local businesses”? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of...
Lynn from mid-Michigan reviews study-abroad scholarship essays and keeps seeing applicants say they want to be submerged in the culture. The word they probably want is immersed: both immerse and submerge can involve being in water, but their...
Big Smoke n. an important person. Editorial Note: This term is sometimes made a play on words by through connotations of trains, Indians (and their smoke signals), and firemen. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)