While “Benedict Arnold” remains in use in American parlance as a way of referring to a traitor, the much more noxious sounding quisling has largely fallen by the wayside. An unfortunate fate for a word that has been described by the London Times as “a gift from the gods…something at once slippery and tortuous.” [...]
Entries from August 2009
August 13, 2009
Cake or Defenestration?
Some words just capture people’s fancy. They amuse the mind and tickle the tongue. This was never more true than during my time in junior high. As my classmates and I entered this new academic world from elementary school we found that there was indeed a vocabulary beyond the “yo mama” jokes [...]
August 1, 2009
Recommendations R Redux
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a recommendations list and it turns out I’ve built up quite a backlog of links. So without further ado (not adieu) here are some lovely websites you might like:
ty.rannousaur.us
This one just may have my favorite domain name ever. It also sports an enormous, adorable website header. [...]
