Invented Usage

NYTimes.com has a pretty touching article this morning about linguistic research in New York City. Many small immigrant groups there are th...

The internet is abuzz this 4/20 with stories of high-class weed smoking promotional events in California and college pot heads run amok. Bu...

Well, I am really torn about this one. Mattel has announced that the new Scrabble rules, out in July, will allow ... sigh... proper nouns. ...

I was just directed to a hilarious post over at 'And I am Not Lying', called 'Types of Bitches' , about a list written by th...

Slate is running a really nice series of articles about signage this week. Road signs are one of the, well, sign systems that got invented ...

Not sure how excited to be about this, but I suppose, if invented usage celebrates any day, it should celebrate National Grammar Day. It...

"Prisencolinensinainciusol" is a song composed by Adriano Celentano , and performed by Celentano and Raffaella Carrà . It was firs...