Curations from the Human Jungle
[“What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.” Turns out Shakespeare got this one wrong. As Margaret Atwood points out in her blog, every revolution is immediately followed by a massive wave of re-naming. SB SM] In the Writing Burrow Whatever comes into my addled,... Continue Reading →
Merriam-Webster has this neat website that shows you the first time a word was used in print. In one column, we’ll give you some words and, in the other, we’ll give you years. Your job is to match the word to the year it was first used in print. Words AmbulanceBridezillaOligopolyPrototypeArtisanalWokeness Years 155218951825201119951939 (answers below) Thanks to... Continue Reading →