Author Archives: mike_words

Confronting “tergiversation”; dismissing “mass” and sticking with “mumpsimus”

Delighting in “epicaricacy”; “valedictorians” who take their leave

Delivering “carside”; a “limp” origin

Finding “blackout art”; building “cinder blocks”

googly “eyebombing”; advocating for “avocado”

That contemporary feeling of “acedia”; the “pooh-bah” of Victorian opera.

A valetudinarian’s concern for health; unburying various sense of “mummy”

a word for words that make you laugh; a “heap” of explanations for “howtizer”

“placebo,” “nocebo,” and now “lessebo”; digging up some history on “spatula”

Thinking about the “workamper” lifestyle; are “greyhounds” really gray?