Every so often, I think of a word or phrase I grew up hearing but never hear anymore. The latest one that came to mind was “just as lief.” Older people used to say “just as lief” all the time in the West End of…
Tag: words
Does anybody use this word anymore? It’s such a great word! It’s the first person plural present indicative in Latin (which is why I’ve never studied Latin) for ignore, and it means “a deliberately or callously ignorant person”. If I don’t know which fork to…
It’s embarrassing to admit that there are words I’ve used, written, heard and read all my life and have gotten wrong until this year. But they say that confession is good for the soul so, just in case I have one, here are the two…