Spinning wheel, dead hamster; l’esprit de l’escalier; Schadenfreude; class; and dancing…
I listened to a couple of slate.com podcasts today that I just loved. One was called, “The Smartest Way To Say Stupid,” which is about a contest that slate.com held for people to send in euphemisms for the word “stupid.” The podcast clarifies that “synonyms” are not euphemisms, so words like “dimwit” and “knucklehead,” for … Read more