Confused about whether biweekly means “twice a week” or “twice a month”? Martha rants about why the using the words “biweekly” and “bimonthly” at all is a bad idea, period. This is part of a complete...
Greg Pliska adds an apt and all-round admirably appealing appraisal of alliterative ability. Meaning, our Puzzle Guy presents a quiz about words that start with the same letters. May we just say that Greg gives great game? This is part of a complete...
In this episode, Grant offers a peek at some expressions he’s nominating for the American Dialect Society’s 2007 Word of the Year vote in January, 2008. Will it be w00t, subprime, or something else? You can also check out Grant’s...
A pair of business partners disagree whether to use one word, website, or or two words, Web site. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Website or Web Site: One Word or Two?” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hello, Martha...
Did Gary Owen invent the word insegrevious? And is there a category for words that can mean anything you want them to? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Insegrevious as a Nonsense Word with No Fixed Meaning” Hi, you have...
Do you know what a rampike is? Or a colobus? Martha and Grant test each other’s knowledge of ten-dollars words with the online quiz at FreeRice.com. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Ten-Dollar Words Online Quiz”...