So, can you go up to your hair stylist and ask, "How's thrix?"

And if she's got the right name, "How's thrix, Tilly?"

I don't recall seeing her so far, so, in case she should come in handy:

Gladys Heck

In a local advertising newspaper, there was a column on how to lose weight and keep it off. One item suggested avoiding things in aluminum cans, because: "Aluminum can be absorbed by your colon and many nervous system disorders...are linked to excessive aluminum in delicate brain tissue." ...

When I first saw "Bender" I had a completely different connotation in mind:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostap_Bender

He's extremely popular, and I actually don't think I've ever seen the other reference.

There is also the "wee bit of the creature" that pops up now and then.

"...my mind as quiescent as a coat rack under a forgotten hat...." (Jerzy Kosinski, Steps)

Dis is a heist. Ya gonna open dis till, or what?


And, on a personal note, I prefer a healthy splash of whisky (Sorry, American Bourbon) to a drop.

"Many flags flew at half mast in New York when the Yankees lost the World Series." Okay, I give up. I can never be sure just how to use this one, though until now I'd convinced myself that the correct usage was "staff." So, I need a pneumatic device to remember this by. I know, ...

I use this in a twist on Obama's slogan:

The Bodacity of Hope.

So, is it:

Lease on life

or

Lease of life

?

As in, a new one.

Extra thought:

Perhaps "identical with" is a confusion with "identify with"?

Personally, I would never say identical with.

Along the same lines, I have a problem with "different from/to." "To" bugs me.

Actually, we've already had this one, on 1/4/05:

http://www.alphadictionary.com/goodword/word/nonplus

Interesting article that made me think this might be an interesting word for everyone:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7463790.stm

Interesting article on this on the Beeb:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7444184.stm