Lexophiles Love Stuff Like This A Lexophile is a lover of words, especially in word games, puzzles, anagrams, palindromes, etc. A competition to see who can come up with the best example is held every year in an undisclosed location. A winning submission from the past is posted at the very end. No matter how […]
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Harvard’s War Against Its Superstar Black Professor An Editorial From The Free Press Roland Fryer, an economics professor at Harvard, is a superstar by any measure. At the age of 30, he became the youngest black person ever to receive tenure at Harvard. The MacArthur Foundation declared him a genius in 2011. And in 2015 Fryer won
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20 Aphorisms Aphorism: A short, pointed sentence that expresses a wise or clever observation: The nicest thing about the future is that it always starts tomorrow. Money will buy a fine dog but only kindness will make him wag his tail. If you don’t have a sense of humor you probably don’t have any sense
Complete vs Finished Can you satisfactorily explain the difference between “Completed” and “Finished?” To my knowledge, no dictionary has ever been able to adequately define the difference between these two words to my satisfaction. In days past, during a linguistic conference held in London, Sun Sherman an Indian American was the clever winner. His final
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Old Occupations You Probably Haven’t Heard Of I was familiar with only twelve of them. How about you? Accomptant — Accountant Almoner — Giver of charity to the needy Amanuensis — Secretary or stenographer Artificer — A soldier mechanic who does repairs Bailie — Bailiff Baxter — Baker Bluestocking — Female writer Boniface — Keeper
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