word of the day

The word of the day is gongo: government-organized non-governmental organization. Tip from the Instapundit. Read more

Those wacky lexicographers at Lake Superior State U have done it again, with their annual List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Mis-Use, Over-Use and General Uselessness. My favorite: COMBINED CELEBRITY NAMES — Celebrity duos of yore — BogCall (Bogart and Bacall), Lardy (Laurel and Hardy), and CheeChong (Cheech and Chong) — just… Read more

I just got stopped in my tracks by "synchopathology" over at Killian Advertising’s Cover Letters from Hell — stop it guys, you’re making stuff come out my nose! Tip from Joanne Jacobs. Read more

In discussing the ongoing Captain Jamail Hussein kerfuffle, Confederate Yankee describes the (nonexistent?) captain as having "…tripped and fallen off the planet."  Delightful. Tip from the Instapundit, who is not a shill for Big Pharma. Read more

Find out what to call this # thing, and lots of other useless occasionally useful words. Tip from Jonah Goldberg (who spends way too much time watching the Simpsons) at The Corner. Read more

…bicerebral.  [What did the doctor say to the two-headed man? Hello, Hello.] another Tip from the bicerebral Michelle Malkin. Read more

Old English is new again! lybcraefte – mischief or bad magic Read more