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If you are into strange documentaries about, well, nothing, checkout Grey Gardens from 1975. The daughter is where spinsters came from, I swear! “There’s nothing worse than a staunch woman.…
How did such a nice word that we use to mean sweet and polite, also come to be an insult for some? Well, today’s word, nice, started out as a…
I have a treat for you today. This episode isn’t just about one word, but a series of words that have been strung together and have created a movement, a…
It took me to 52 and a half years of age to learn that there are people who customise their Lamborghinis. I’m not talking about adding tinted windows or roof…
When you think of hysteria, what comes to mind? Melancholia, anxiety, frigidity. It’s a problem that can be solved, says Doctor Dalrymple from the Netflix feel good movie, Hysteria.…
Each and every year I buy a diary and I make a resolution to use it ALL YEAR. This is my year. I say that every year. And each and…
It’s almost Christmas so there’s no better time of the year to have a look at the words we use once a year with abandon. From Eggnog to Kris…
When was the last time you said or heard someone say “Peeping Tom”? Chances are, it has been a while. Same with me. Yet, I know the term, as I’m…
I was talking to my mum not long ago and mentioned that one of my cousins is a leftie. Mum was shocked. “Has she tried using her right hand?” she…
Just in case you’re wondering, I have a real weak spot for curiosities and curious people – you know, people who behave irrationally, rule breakers and general riff raff. I’m…