Shoulder up!
Asking the phrase to carry a lot on its, well, never mind.
Dept of Corrections
I prefer the uncorrected version, myself.
Pablum
I personally use the three-syllable version, as it sounds more pretentious.
Trek house rules
arsy-tansy, revisited
eady
Yesterday's OED word of the day was 'orthography'.
Standover
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.
Tisiphe?
Paging Dr. Euphemism
I am currently entertaining myself while keeping my mother company in the hospital by reading up on the different emergency codes that come over the loudspeaker, which are intentionally cryptic so as to protect patient privacy and stave off mass panic. The color codes are not standard, aside from Code Red generally meaning “fire”; there […]