Tempus fugit – or to quote the original version: “Sed fugit interea fugit irreparabile tempus…” “Time flies, flies irretrievably…” Don’t worry, I’m not about to write another post about Latin, but most people will probably be familiar with the Latin expression ‘tempus fugit’, most commonly translated as ‘time flies’. » Read More
Sniglets Have you ever heard of Sniglets? The person who coined this term, actor/comedian Rich Hall, described them as “any word that doesn’t appear in the dictionary, but should”. Sniglets featured as part of the satirical comedy show Not Necessarily the News based on the BBC series Not the » Read More
Don’t you find it annoying when you can’t think of the name of a person or an object? If it’s an object, you find yourself searching for the right word, maybe even saying, “How would you say…?” or “What do you call…?”. Well, search no more – here » Read More
I used the term ‘nought’ the other day in conversation with a non-native English speaker, and the person looked at me nonplussed*. This got me thinking about how many ways there are to express the idea of zero, or nothing, in English, which prompted this blog post. Zero, zilch, » Read More
Etymology The dictionary entry for etymology reads: Noun – the study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history. I love finding out where words come from and how they entered the English language; but what I love the most is » Read More