Archive for December, 2007
According to Wikipedia, a "bunny boiler" is "an obsessive and dangerous individual, most commonly referring to a jilted lover who is stalking the person who has spurned her or him....
This is part 2 of my latest list; see previous entry for part 1. These ones are simple--they're generally typing errors (where someone knows the right word and spelling but...
It's been over a year since last time I did one of these (for previous installments, see my Words easily confused category); I've been bogged down by uncertainty about which...
Yams are confusing. Or at least the word is. The "true yam" is a starchy tuber that I associate with Africa. It can grow up to eight feet long, and...
I heard someone say on the phone recently that they were going to get a mani-pedi. At first I thought they'd said "Moneypenny," but then I parsed it correctly as...
Somehow it hadn't occurred to me 'til just now to wonder about the etymology of the word "solstice." The first part is obviously "sol," sun. Turns out the second part...