Languages
Positive Words and Optimism
It has been a tough couple of years for optimistic words. Positivity is in short supply. Negative words and phrases fill our lives, coming at
June 23, 2022
I’m Just Phubbing Around
Languages are living organisms that update themselves and keep themselves current with our new attitudes and life-styles. English in particular is very good at coming up with new
September 15, 2016
What Are Pidgin Languages?
A pidgin language is a language based on two or more languages and which has a practical and immediate purpose. It usually arises in diverse
June 10, 2016
Online Spanish Neologisms Word Bank
It is no coincidence the title of this post contains a neologism in Spanish (the word “online”); in fact, the word is the heading to
January 8, 2014
Polari Anyone?
The English language is peppered with a number of words of unclear origin, but which in fact belong to the lexical group known as Polari.
December 15, 2012
New Fall-Winter Designs
Today I’d like to wrap up this series of posts on fashion-related vocabulary by turning my attention to those garments for which I had no
June 1, 2012
