A while back I began a side project called Vocab Menace. Besides working away on my WIP, I decided to have a little extra fun with words. Like my protagonist in This Plague of Days, I’m obsessed with dictionaries, so five times a week, I go down a rabbit hole and maybe add a little editorializing. Stephen Miller is a fascist asshole rattlecap, for instance. (Find that little rant below in Make Old-Time Insults New Again!) Enjoy them all!

Here are some of my recent video links (with scripts) on Substack:

Make Old-time Insults New Again!

Do You Know These OMN words?

How to Talk Canadian

Talking Louder Does Not Make You Right

Defy Those Who Put You Down

The Smithsonian Is Under Attack

What is Gilderoy’s Kite?

Don’t Fall for These Three Ploys

Have You Got a She-shed? A Man Cave?

What is Nutpicking?

Where Cassandra Comes From

Words Matter. Facts Matter. You Matter.

A Warning about Book Promotion Scams

Which Phrases Annoy You?

Watch This Before Your Next Walk of Shame

What English Word has the Most Definitions?

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