In light of the thrice-weekly horror currently being visited upon the nation by newly fungal-faced Jeremy Paxman’s appearances on Newsnight, … Continued
Isn’t it always the way? You wait years for one ‘fatberg’ to come along and then two arrive at once.
Lucy Mangan takes on London’s sewer system and confronts her frustration with hobbits Read Post »
D’you know what I love? I love being led to an entirely new (to me) seam of words buried deep
I think I’d like to commonise ‘commonise’, a submission from slartibartfast. Why? Well, partly because you already pretty much understand
More new words to willantly commonise, brought to you by Lucy Mangan Read Post »
I don’t know if it speaks to my lack of imagination, education or religious inclination that my first thought on
When I was first offered this blog job – hang on, that sounds bad; let’s call it blog position –
Lucy Mangan is back! Read Post »
Two expressions submitted to the website caught my eye for the same reason recently. One of these was the adjective
Divided by a Common Language Read Post »
Well, hello again! And how’ve you been? I was fine until I heard someone on Radio 4 not only use
Lucy Mangan loves your words Read Post »
A user of this website recently left a comment asking why we had chosen to mark as ‘rejected’ a word
Thinking Outside the Dictionary Read Post »
