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Category: Word Watch
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Category: Word Watch

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Word Watch – August 2009

Stephen Cox August 1, 2009 November 18, 2020

Recently I had the pleasure of explaining an old expression to my young friend Liam Vavasour. We were discussing electoral predictions, and I mentioned that …

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Word Watch – June 2009

Stephen Cox June 1, 2009 November 18, 2020

The subject for this month is linguistic mysteries – the things you hear or read that make you wonder, sometimes with amusement, sometimes with disgust, …

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Word Watch – Jan 2008

Stephen Cox January 1, 2008 November 18, 2020

I know it’s a movie-house cliche, but it’s scary nonetheless – the story of the demon twin, the entity that seems identical to some nice, …

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Word Watch – June 2006

Stephen Cox June 1, 2006 November 18, 2020

Professor Leland Yeager of Auburn University, a good friend of this column – and this column needs good friends – writes to issue a warning …

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Word Watch – April 2006

Stephen Cox April 1, 2006 November 18, 2020

People who don’t like this column – and there are people who don’t like this column – complain about its haughty tone, its arrogant desire …

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Word Watch – March 2006

Stephen Cox March 1, 2006 November 18, 2020

Every year, Lake Superior State University justifies its existence by issuing a Banished Words List – a list of “badly overused words and phrases” that, …

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Word Watch – February 2006

Stephen Cox February 1, 2006 November 18, 2020

Woe is us! We live in a degenerate age. Nobody reads any- more; everybody just visits his favorite blogs. Nobody writes anymore either; everybody just …

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Word Watch – April 2002

Stephen Cox April 1, 2002 November 19, 2020

It is always interesting to see the effect of public events upon our language. The case of Sept. 11 and its aftermath is especially interesting, …

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