With the New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams facing off in Super Bowl LIII, we took a look at regionalisms specific to the coasts. Is it a milkshake or a frappe? A drinking fountain or a bubbler? Is something hella or wicked?
I sometimes describe myself as a Nihilist. Not the “burn-the-world-down” anarchy-crossover kind, but the “uggggg, what’s the point?” kind. I have boxes of old family photos and — beyond my own parents and grandparents — I can’t identify any of the people. My kids would ...
This next idea is specifically for the politically connected: unite the country. I imagine that sounds painfully simple to the point of uselessness. The good things in life generally are simple. Having just readthis explanation of how George Soros became a political boogey-man, it became clear ...
These terms are a bit archaic, in the sense that vinyl-album recording has become more of a novelty than a given. They describe the two sides of a single-playing vinyl record, also known as a 45. “B-side” has come to denote a lesser-known or less-significant song, as the A-side...
By the 1980s theslam dunkhad become part of our general vernacular, and was being used to describe something that was assured to happen, or something that was thought to be easy. This makes a certain amount of sense, given the way that great players can make the dunk look effortless. For...
The Seattle Times headline (above is especially awful. I say awful only because I can’t think of a word bad enough to describe how bad it is. Whywouldn’tpeople believe that the law would apply only to abusive parents? You may not consider “gender affirming care” of minors to be a...
aA predicate consists of the verb and other elements which describe the subject 谓语包括描述主题的动词和其他元素[translate] aFRA continues to work with railroad partners 正在翻译,请等待... [translate] athe way anger is expressed is of issue 愤怒表现出的方式是问题[translate] ...
Two of Frederick Douglass’s sons were among the first to volunteer for the 54th regiment (Owens). The producers had to describe them as uneducated and low class because that is how the people viewed them at that time, and the point of the movie was to get the people to accept them in...
Free Essay: On June 28th 2015, the U.S Senate failed to reapprove the already expired Patriot Act, resulting in at least a temporary fear of national...
A positive word is one that either possesses a positive meaning or one that adds a positive meaning to an existing word. Among every category of words, some carry positive connotation whereas some do not. Positive words both carry and spread positivity and also describe your feelings, emotions,...