Quiz Guy John Chaneski has spent days prying vowels out of words. They’re now lying in a pile on the floor, and your job is to put them back where they belong. For example, what vowels need to be added to the incomplete expression FR XMPL? This is...
In the 15th century, the word respair meant “to have hope again.” Although this word fell out of use, it’s among dozens collected in a new book of soothing vocabulary for troubled times. Plus, baseball slang: If a batter doesn’t pour the pine,” an...
