Author Archives: mike_words

in-“nocuous” no more; the lineage of “pedigree”

discovering the “bezzle”; Robert’s “hobby”

trying not to “banjax” this writeup; “porcupine” and “porpoise” go whole hog.

delivery and a “dark kitchen”; climbing on “climax”

a pitch for “hunbot”; the not-counterfeit origins of “bogus”

slightly queasy about “crapulent”; favorable omens for “inauguration”

I wish, you wish, we all wishcycle; of henges, stone and otherwise

Putting “to spindle” on a spike; why solecisms are for rubes

My favorite new-to-me words and etymologies of 2020