When you stub your toe in the dark and blurt something profane, there’s a word for that: lalochezia. One medical dictionary defines it as “the relief gained by uttering indecent or filthy words.” The lalo- element comes from Greek lalia, “speech,”...
You know the expression fly in the ointment: It’s that glaring typo on an impressive resume or that first scratch on a brand-new car—the one little flaw that spoils it all. This phrase goes all the way back to the biblical Book of Ecclesiastes! And...
