Susan from San Marcos grew up hearing her grandfather distinguish between cursing and cussing: cursing was for a “slow mind,” while cussing could be playful and inventive. His family-safe substitutes for profanity included elaborate strings such as...
green hornet n.— «Like more than two dozen others crammed into the courtroom in a City of Ottawa building on Centrepointe that spring morning, Mr. Howard had come to fight a parking ticket. Every Wednesday, the court convenes to hear...

