Do you use paper towels or paper towelling? While a listener insists her husband’s wrong for his use of paper towelling, Grant explains how certain nouns take a gerund ending. For example, clothes derive from clothing, and the side of a house...
tampon top
n.— «Red-heads are sometimes referred to as “tampon tops.”» —“Menstruation and redheads” by Dawn Starin OnMedica Dec. 22, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
sposy n.— «I don’t even use a wipes warmer. Just squirt the solution on before use. For traveling I had been using sposy wipes, but just bought a tiny travel squirt bottle for the solution.» —“Cloth wipes/Make your own wipes...