Chicagoed! Baseball, Skunks, and Abraham Lincoln
In the early days of professional baseball, Chicagoed meant getting shut out — for a whole...
A series of explorations into the earliest uses of various English words and phrases.
clown prince
No matter what your politics, chances are you’ve heard or seen “Clown Prince” applied derisively to...
four-letter word
This post is not about the etymology of four-letter words, but about the term four-letter word...
war of nerves
Most dictionaries define “war of nerves” as the use of psychological means to undermine or wear...
