Is it time to replace the expression “the mentally ill”? Some argue the term unfairly stigmatizes a broad range of people. Also, the winter sport of… skitching, which involves snowy roads, leather shoes — and car bumpers...
Sue in Wilder, Vermont, asks about the big cheese, a family title for her father since a pre-wedding barbecue in 1977. The phrase probably has little to do with dairy. One likely strand is Urdu and Persian chiz, meaning “thing,” which British...