Read “Lederer on Language” every other Saturday in the San Diego Union Tribune and on this site
Most occupational titles are self-explanatory: A teacher teaches, a preacher preaches, a gardener gardens and a writer writes. But the origins of some job names
On Monday of last week, I toted some books to my local Post Office. As I waited in line, I noticed a computer-printed sign
The fifth annual Feastival of Books will take place virtually on Saturday, August 21, 10 am-5 pm. For information about this bibliophilic event, click
A thousand thanks to you verbivorous readers for your billowy mailbag of more than 200 entries responding to my call for innovative group nouns,
You know that a bunch of sheep crowded together is a flock, a group of antelope loping together a herd, a cluster of fish swimming
How solid is your knowledge of nations and their legacies to the world? Where do Labrador Retrievers and Great Danes come from? Where else
Never pride yourself on your knowledge. Always remember that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing — especially when you discover that Alexander Pope
Believe it or not, groak is a verb that means “to stare at another’s food in hopes that he or she will offer you
May is Older Americans Month. This formal recognition of the chronologically gifted began with President John F. Kennedy in 1963, when he designated May