A documentary film called My Beautiful Stutter follows youngsters at a summer camp specifically for stutterers. It’s a place for finding acceptance, support, and confidence for navigating the larger world. And:, “The High Priestess of...
Paige grew up in Louisiana, where she used the term pencil colors for colored pencils. Her name for these drawing instruments is likely a calque from French crayon de couleur, literally “pencil of color.” In many small towns across the...
gardentoolism n.— «Call a spade a spade, rather than attacking it as a manifestation of the dangerous ideology of gardentoolism.» —“Comment is free: The demagogic cliches of right and left can only make things worse” by...
Afghanistanism n.— «For years, Americans went about their daily lives under the false impression that faraway places like Afghanistan didn’t matter. Newspapers even had a term for news stories that were irrelevant to local readers:...
lasagna gardening n.— «Soil for a school garden was created on the property using a layering method called “lasagna gardening.” Newspapers that have been used for the Newspapers in Education program are soaked in water and spread on the...