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Obscure yet fascinating information about language, books, and writing that you can use to charm people at parties.

Thursday

Five Words You Didn't Realize Had "Dirty" Origins

There are many words in common use today that had rather unsavory affiliations years back. Here are just five examples of words you didn...

Tuesday

Five More Obsolete Words We Need to Bring Back Into Common Usage

In the last newsletter, I listed five words from the English language that have become obsolete but were so powerful that they really needed...

Five Obsolete Words We Really Need to Bring Back Into Common Usage

As the English language adopts new words and terms, it also discards others. Often the terms that are discarded or no longer receive usage a...

Monday

Five Silly Books by Five Highly Respected Authors

We are all prone to silliness sometimes but writing an entire book that is silly shows some serious commitment. And when the author has a g...

Tuesday

Ten Curious Collective Nouns

Yes, everyone knows about "a murder of crows," but what about these other beautiful collective nouns: 1. A charm of finches (als...

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