Words & Stuff

I was today years old, as the kids say, when I learned that the formal and former name of the melon baller is the parisienne scoop.  Balls cut from fruits or vegetables are parisiennes.

Not entirely sure that's how it ought to be spelled, though.

As a middle-aged person with teenagers, I occasionally run up against language that Kids These Days are using.  Yesterday, I learned “groutfit” when another mom posted on Facebook that her son came home wearing someone else’s shirt: he was mocked for wearing a groutfit, so he traded shirts with a friend. A “groutfit” is a […]

No, I will not attempt to use the word in conversation, but I love it anyway.

Standover tactics require a standover man. Or a standover woman, of course. A standover person of any kind. Or perhaps a standover kangaroo would do, I'm not sure about all of these antipodean nuances.