If someone calls you a notorious singer, should you be flattered or insulted? An Indiana caller says he’s hearing the word notorious used in a positive way, and wonders whether this adjective be reserved for describing things in a negative...
family photo n.— «What, for instance, had Russian President Vladimir Putin so engaged on his cell phone as the leaders strode onto the resort’s lush lawn overlooking the sea for what’s known as the “family photo?” The same for...