Category: Word Watch

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 …

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

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 …

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, …