fustian \FUHS-chuhn\ (noun) - 1 : A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc. 2 : An inflated style of writing or speech; pompous or pretentious language.

(adjective) - 1...Read More

'Twas twenty two four, and all through the nation,

The buzzwords were flying, to much consternation.

With "disinformation" and "narratives" false,

Our "journeys" diverged amid verbal assaults.

Kamala served "word ...Read More

We celebrate Noah Webster as a founding father of American English because his 1828 dictionary was the first to include words, meanings and spellings that were unique to the United States. But another 19th-century ...Read More

malapropism \mal-uh-PROP-iz-uhm\ (noun) - The usually unintentionally humorous misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound; also, an example of such misuse.

"The old gentleman, too, had publicly ...Read More