Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me. That’s the philosophy I was […]
Category: Language
Do you have any family words? You know the kind of thing I mean: a child cutely mispronounces […]
There was a time when sharing news about illness, injury or impending surgery would elicit a concerned nod, […]
I’ve written before about Tasmanianisms – those words or phrases that are unique to Tasmania or only used […]
The Collins Dictionary has named ‘brat’ its Word Of The Year. Not brat as in a naughty child, […]
Did you see the story about Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate who is facing disciplinary action after he […]
“I don’t think of bodily fluids when I hear the word moist. I tend to think of either cake, which I prefer moist, or my potted ferns, which like to be kept in moist bedding.”
I tuned in halfway through an interesting discussion on ABC Radio recently. It was about attitudes to AI, […]
No one I know has ever heard of or used the word ‘rizz’, but it’s the Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year.
A friend of mine asked me the other day if I knew what the collective noun for wombats […]