What’s the antidote to living in a sound-bite world? How about unwinding with luxuriously expressive prose? Also, the cloak-and-dagger world of editing dictionary entries. Plus, what you might say instead of cursing, and oddball Scrabble words to...
How do you refer to rubber-soled athletic shoes? Are they sneakers or tennis shoes? Something else, like trainers? When canvas shoes with soft rubber soles came into use, they were so quiet compared to wood-soled shoes that one could literally sneak...
Air Giulianis n.pl.— «The food truck man, Mr. Samolis, said he often gives free food to inmates who are released from Rikers with no money.…Often, these released inmates wear the orange sneakers that the jail issues. “They call them Air Giulianis,”...
Counterfeit Alley n.— «A shopper can find pretty much anything else here, too, on this strip of Broadway a few blocks south of 34th Street. Sports jerseys. Sunglasses. Perfume. DVD’s fresh—maybe a little too fresh—from the big screen. Name-brand...