Author Archives: mike_words

seduced by “dark patterns”

cultivating some background on “ranch” and “farm”

revealing the source of “apocalypse”; ecclesiastical calques in Old English

sleuthing out “to be sherlocked”

calculating the impact of “kilogirls”

an expedition to discover Inuit words in English

capricious thoughts about “chevron”

flying with the greatest of ease through “acrobat,” “trapeze,” and “leotard”

seeing what came before, with, to, in, between, and out of words like “prevenient”

hanging a “catenary” curve; gobs about “goblet”