Mollycoddle (one unhyphenated word) was once primarily a noun referring to (1) a person, especially a male, who is coddled, or (2) an effeminate man. The word is British in origin. It came about in the early 19th century as a derogatory term for an effeminate man. In modern usage,...
How does a plant that arrives in your garden like a weed earn the right to not be weeded out? I ruminated on this the other day when a neighbor asked me to identify a new plant in her garden that had arrived without her help. I told her it wasSpiderwort(avoiding the rather unwieldy...