In the 15th century, the word disappoint meant “to remove someone from appointed office.” Only later did the word take on its modern meaning of “fail to fulfill expectations.” This is part of a complete episode.
Try this tricky puzzle: Take the words new door and rearrange their letters into one word. This is part of a complete episode.
The word climb has been sneaking by with that silent b for a while. But speakers of Old English pronounced the b in its predecessor, climban. This is part of a complete episode.
Say! Fellas and gals, here's another newsletter from A Way with Words. This past weekend we reran a crowd-pleasing episode from earlier this year, in which we discussed "suicide sodas," how to politely tell someone her slip is...
blego n.— «Jeremy at Corporate Presenter talked about a new word, “blego” (blogger ego), that he picked up from Ken at TECHNOSIGHT. I kind of like that word. Well, here I am stroking both of their blegos at the same time.» —by...