How often do you hear the words campaign and political in the same breath? Oddly enough, 19th-century grammarians railed against using campaign to mean “an electoral contest.” Martha and Grant discuss why. And, lost in translation: a...
Witzelsucht, a German term often translated as joke addiction, refers to an uncontrollable urge to make puns or tell bad jokes, but not in the playful way pun lovers may hope. In medical use, it describes a rare and serious neurological condition...