Check out other blather (and don't you just hate the imperative "Check out?"—a gnarly! phrase of the future there ever was one . . . ): The alarming secret behind the word alarm. Be affrayed. Be very affrayed. (Sample from Unfortunate English) The introduction from Unfortunate English. Why polyps and hoi polloi are uncancerously related. No bull. Well, lots of bull, but no BS. (Sample from Everything You Know About English Is Wrong) Verbing wierds language not. Impact as a verb is not only a good word, it is a perfect word.(Sample from Everything You Know About English Is Wrong) "Sing a Song of Pig Puns, Pocket Full of Wry." Roasting some pork puns. (This ample chapter from my book The Grill of Victory) is not specifically about words, but it is about wordplay and naming things. The Grill of Victory is about barbecue, and has nothing to do with words other than it uses them, sometimes far too many it seems . . .). Also, I extend an invitation to visit the Everything You Know About English Is Wrong blog.

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