By Curtis Honeycutt Have you ever been confused about something, but you didn’t want to look dumb asking about it? For instance, you might think
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Is it jargon or slang when describing Dr. McDreamy as ‘the bee’s knees?’
By Curtis Honeycutt Let’s face it – the trajectory of our language is trending slangular (a word I’m confident I just invented). With the proliferation
Do you take your tea fragmented or fermented?
By Curtis Honeycutt What is kombucha, anyway? I know you were already thinking about it. Kombucha sounds like either someone sneezing or the thing someone
If you teach a man to Engfish
By Curtis Honeycutt “This is the type of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put.” ― Winston S. Churchill We have probably all
How to get the next-to-last word
By Curtis Honeycutt If a potato can become vodka, then you can become a bonafide word nerd. The tools and tips I give you are
Try me a river
By Curtis Honeycutt Of course, they were gonna try and kill me. Do not try and bend the spoon. Thor, you gotta try and bottleneck
The verbal recipe for a successful résumé
By Curtis Honeycutt Your résumé (or curriculum vitae, if you speak Latin) can be like a key that unlocks the door to an interview for
Are apocopes ‘totes adorbs’ or ‘natch’?
By Curtis Honeycutt If you’ve ever spilled your brandy on your tux near the grand piano at the rhino zoo, you know what I’m talking
To avoid repetition, don’t say the same thing twice
By Curtis Honeycutt If you drive an hour from my house, you can get to an Indiana city named Gas City. If you drive into
One very overused word to avoid: what you should use instead
By Curtis Honeycutt Substitute “damn” every time you’re inclined to write “very”; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it