Monthly Archives: June 2022

  1. Tolerance, Trousers, and Egyptian Bar Jokes

    Leave a comment

    June 18, 2022 by libroshombre

                International Tolerance Day won’t roll around until November 16, but it’s increasingly obvious we ought to celebrate “sympathy or …
    Continue reading

    Category: blogs, books, communication, demagoguery, democracy, humor, jokes, language, politicians, politics, profanity, words | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

  2. Peeves, Persiflage, and Portmanteaux

    Leave a comment

    June 18, 2022 by libroshombre

                “Foist,” “to introduce surreptitiously,” is a word I like, perhaps because librarians enjoy  foisting books and information, albeit overtly, …
    Continue reading

    Category: libraries, railroads, trains, words, writing, writing well | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Archives