Easy to get confused with words that almost sound the same. Veracity and Verocity are such an example. Language practitioners are trained to spot the difference
What keeps the idiom current is its imagery. Unlike more clinical alternatives – “disclose,” “reveal,” “divulge” – this one has texture. It moves. It scratches. It refuses containment. And perhaps that’s why it endures: because secrets, like cats, are never entirely obedient.
An illustration of the correct usage of the idiom Champing at the bit. It provides history and commentary.
Gen Z and Alpha have added new words to the language. These words are now in the regular English dictionary. This means the words are here to stay and now common in daily conversations.
A discussion on International Mole Day and how words are used to explain everything.
Looking at the pic, you see yourself (okay, I speak for myself – baby boomers) deliriously swamped by magazines and print media and happy as a pig in sh-t. This…
The other day I bumped into someone I knew at high school. I remembered her comment that a certain crowd of our peers did not want to break bread with…
Let’s face it: no one wants to be told to scale down. Whether it’s ambitions, appetites, or accessories, we tend to dream in technicolour. But the age-old idiom “cut your…
Just getting out of bed in below freezing temperatures feels like a Herculean task – so much easier and more pleasant to snuggle under the duvet, turn up the electric…
