A Way with Words

Pigeon-Toed Walking

Posted by Grant Barrett on July 25, 2020 · Add Comment

Backward Journey Lithe

Posted by Grant Barrett on September 29, 2012 · Add Comment

What’s Black and White and Cute All Over?

Posted by Martha Barnette on August 31, 2012 · Add Comment

Sesquipedalian Language

Posted by grantbarrett on September 24, 2011 · Add Comment

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Descriptive Criminal Names

Posted by grantbarrett on May 8, 2010 · Add Comment

A news story about the Ho-Hum Bandit has Grant musing about the odd names that law enforcement officers give to criminals at large, usually based on their appearance or behavior, like the Barefoot Bandit, the Mummy Bandit. Or how about the Bad Breath Bandit? This is part of a complete episode.
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cohort

Posted by Grant Barrett on May 25, 2009 · Add Comment

cohort v.— «As patients entered, they were “cohorted,” in medical lingo, meaning that they were separated from the general population and quarantined in a 40-foot hallway (normally a psychiatric emergency area), lined with molded plastic chairs, sealed by glass doors at either end, a giant fish tank of people in face masks.» —“At the Hospital, the Faces [...]
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