In my latest column for the Boston Globe, I look at the recent craze for "cronuts," which are a croissant-doughnut hybrid created by an upscale French bakery in Manhattan. It was such a hit that imitators have created their own hybrids using names like dossant or doissant. Regardless of these concoctions' culinary qualities, is cronut a more appealing name than other combinations of croissant and do(ugh)nut?Continue reading...
As an adjective, xanthine suggests yellow. But Proulx may be invoking to the word's noun-form connection to blood and urine as well.Continue reading...
George Dong, the founder of the not-for-profit Education in Sight, started learning English at age 15-years with the help of an e-dictionary. Now, he uses Vocabulary.com.Continue reading...
When Fox News host Megyn Kelly gamely took on Erick Erickson, a contributor to the network, for his provocative statements about gender roles last week, she was puzzled by one word in particular that Erickson had used to describe his ideological opponents. "I don't know what the word is... some sort of liberals, eco-liberals, what did you call them?" "Emo liberals," Erickson clarified.Continue reading...