TOPICAMar 22, 20192 min readCancelJoe Grimwade Cancel: v. 1. To call off/abort an event. 2. To cross something out with lines. As the fluorescent orange lettering on the...
TOPICAMar 5, 20192 min readButteryNir Stern It’s 5.30pm and you’re still in the library. A self-imposed deadline is approaching fast and only a cup of coffee and some...
TOPICAJan 30, 20191 min readBLogeion. 1. YeetKrishnan Ram-Prasad Corruption of third person singular of Lat. i ēre, itself a corruption of Gk Ιἔεμαι, borrowed into English via Low...
TOPICAJan 21, 20192 min readQuiddity. n. Joe Grimwade Quiddity: n. 1. The essence of a thing. 2.a. A quibble. 2.b. An eccentricity; a distinctive feature. Two second-rate...
TOPICANov 29, 20182 min readAn introduction to... the Platanus: Nir Stern It was claimed by Marco Polo that out in the vast desert of Persia there grew a single ‘dry tree’ right at spot of the battle...
TOPICANov 23, 20181 min readImbricate: v. Joe Grimwade Imagine: you’re standing at the local bus stop when a man sporting a toga and a proud aquiline nose appears beside you. It...