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A very apt name for a black or charcoal grey cat with a white "shirt front" is "tuxedo cat". Aquinas always used to p...

malarkey: first recorded use 1924 traumatize (in the mental sense): first recorded use 1949. For others, see this post .

I am conducting a survey about the pronunciation of the end of the second syllable of the words "congratulate" and "congratul...

If you're a regular reader of Wordlady, you know that a common theme is that many of our now standard usages (word choice, pronunciation...

The problem Today's Toronto Star had the following headline: Good Samaritan law may have saved son, mom says There is only one way...

The US government shutdown has put many workers on enforced leave, or, as Americans call it, furlough. It is a word little used outside the ...

I was watching Murdoch Mysteries on TV tonight. This is set in Toronto at the turn of the 20th century (last week Queen Victoria died). Ton...