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September 7, 2013
A stroodle is “the annoying piece of cheese stretching from a slice of hot pizza to one’s mouth.” A mustgo is “any item of
Read “Lederer on Language” every other Saturday in the San Diego Union Tribune and on this site
A stroodle is “the annoying piece of cheese stretching from a slice of hot pizza to one’s mouth.” A mustgo is “any item of
Labor Day was first celebrated in New York City in 1882, when the Central Labor Union held a parade to display the spirit of
(Sadly, for my Internet readers, the contest in the article is open only to San Diego County residents) *** Zizzebots are “the marks on
In the wake of recent revelations that the NSA collects data on millions of Americans, sales of the centennial edition of George Orwell’s novel “Nineteen
I truly believe that we who are riding the planet today have more of a fascination with and skill in word games and letter puzzles
San Diego was recently named the top philanthropic city in the U.S. by “Charity Navigator,” which analyzes and ranks the nation’s nonprofits. The word philanthropy
Mark Twain called it a good walk spoiled, and Oscar Wilde defined it as a man fanning a ball with a stick. The activity, of
As you might have inferred from last week’s column, which explored the influence of comic strips and comic books on our American language, I
Next week, Comic-Con returns to San Diego, where, back in August 1970, it began life in the basement of the U.S. Grant Hotel. That