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-tain/-ten words. |
| Words to the Wise |
inculcate, mound
and henge, and grub stake (the Death Valley treasure chest) |
| 1/25/99 |
| Curmudgeons'
Corner |
American pronunciation |
Letters to the Editors |
Pluck yew |
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Cowboy |
| Words to the Wise |
cut and dried,
luminescence, felony, Sumerology and Hungarian |
| 1/18/99 |
Letters to the Editors |
More on qualified absolutes |
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Corn |
| Words to the Wise |
impeach, port and
starboard, Dixie, scot-free |
| 1/11/99 |
| Curmudgeons'
Corner |
Pronunciation, Men and Women
versus People, Mischiev[i]ous, Irregardless, and W |
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Solstice |
| Words to the Wise |
technology, blue
laws, cheapskate, majority whip, ragtime |
| 12/28/98 |
| Curmudgeons'
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Reasons Why |
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Yule |
| Words to the Wise |
pandemonium, I,
[Spanish] main, sequence of the alphabet, |
| 12/21/98 |
| Curmudgeons'
Corner |
Iraq |
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Souling |
| Words to the Wise |
diabetes,
lieutentant, observe |
| 12/14/98 |
| Curmudgeons'
Corner |
Obverse |
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Lookalikes |
| Words to the Wise |
the letter s,
mister, narcotics, paparazzi |
| 12/07/98 |
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Bellwether |
| Words to the Wise |
barbershop quartet,
hoe-down and shindig, auspicious |
| 11/30/98 |
| Curmudgeons'
Corner |
A Collection of Complaints |
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Death Valley |
| Words to the Wise |
Ku Klux Klan,
dressed to the nines, horked/gorked, bazaar, gravity, noon, twit |
| 11/23/98 |
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Chocolate |
| Words to the Wise |
goody two-shoes,
theodolite, skedaddle, |
| 11/9/98 |
| Curmudgeons'
Corner |
Absolutely Unique |
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Frown |
| Words to the Wise |
yankee, faith,
drugs, relax, oops, card shark/sharp |
| 11/2/98 |
| Curmudgeons'
Corner |
Number |
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Obscure Slang |
| Words to the Wise |
frump, -smith,
kill, fascinate, scrap |
| 10/26/98 |
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nose words |
| Words to the Wise |
sucker, hitch-hike,
codswallop & toerag, -ish |
| 10/19/98 |
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Computer-related Words |
| Words to the Wise |
cerebrum/cerebellum,
gospel, moor, baklava, -guilt, indict, stat |
| 10/12/98 |
| Curmudgeons'
Corner |
Snobbery |
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Treacle |
| Words to the Wise |
lynch, hijack, for
Pete's sake, dork, chafing dish, sin |
| 10/5/98 |
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Barbecued Barbarians and Their
Barbers |
| Words to the Wise |
delta, ampersand,
toilet, mock, disgruntled, up to snuff, input |
| 9/28/98 |
| Curmudgeons'
Corner |
Like, Why Do We Abuse Like? |
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pub names |
| Words to the Wise |
deadline, J,
boilerplate, enclave, step-, in fine fettle |
| 9/28/98 |
| Curmudgeons'
Corner |
Singular and Plural |
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justice |
| Words to the Wise |
gringo, hi,
rig(a)marole, diddly-squat, diamond |
| 9/14/98 |
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Minoan Words |
| Words to the Wise |
ration, newfangled,
privacy, savage |
| 8/31/98 |
| Curmudgeons'
Corner |
Pristine Usage |
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hotel |
| Words to the Wise |
shortening,
by and large, race, friendship, burrito, cartoon, post (mail), comfort |
| 8/24/98 |
| Curmudgeons' Corner |
The Een Problem |
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aesthetics |
| Words to the Wise |
potato, myriad,
unction & anointing, handsome |
| 8/17/98 |
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suborn |
| Words to the Wise |
cockeyed, cake,
D-day, pipedream, hurrah |
| 8/10/98 |
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fiddle |
| Words to the Wise |
fortnight, god,
iota |
| 8/3/98 |
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ilk |
| Words to the Wise |
discipline,
suffragette, snob & nob, muggy |
| 7/27/98 |
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screed |
| Words to the Wise |
earmark, crocodile
tears, broker |
| 7/20/98 |
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