Making words work better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqrw3_604_c While Annie Lennox was keening ‘Don't ask me why’ and lamenting lost or unachievable love, the question in my mind (and perhaps in…
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Fizzog and its other spellings (phisog, physog, phyzog in the OED, phizzog, not), as you probably already know, mean “face” or “facial expression.” The question…
5-minute read Where does it come from? As part of a campaign to improve the nation’s health and beat the obesity epidemic, the British Prime…
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