“What on earth does that mean?” This query is pretty much the only connection between our new list of weird words and its publication date: Earth Day — April 22. Currently standing at exactly 3200 oddball terms, my running list tends to generate that question when others look through it. But, sad to say, I
As regular readers of “Weird Words” know, your local lexicographer keeps a massive running-list of oddball vocab. Laid out in space-saving, three-column format, it currently totals nearly 3,200 terrific terms. For April — since it is of course the year’s fourth month — I simply flipped to page four and selected a dozen: Bindi (BIN-dee,
Before the summer movie season kicks into full gear, you may wish grab some recent releases that you missed in theaters. For folks who like thrillers, here are three solid picks now available for streaming: Dead of Winter – Having played theatrically in our area for exactly one week, this good-not-great drama is saved by
Though I’ve spent decades studying and teaching American lit., I never cared much for Death of a Salesman … until I saw Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf do it on Broadway. When someone later asked how it was, I borrowed from a long-ago critic and said, “It was like getting hit by a truck —
Project Hail Mary is a 156-minute reminder of just how glorious movies can still be. The new smash-hit is based on Andy Weir’s 2021 novel, which instantly went on my list of all-time favorite sci-fi books. Somewhat surprisingly, I liked the film even more. The story of a desperate, long-distance space-mission to save the earth
