Insight Categories: Fun Stuff

If you’re intrigued by the ways we reveal (or don’t reveal) ourselves in speech, check out this 6-minute video featuring

Like any self-respecting naming expert I want my kids to become naming experts when they grow up (currently, 5 and

With all the hubbub in the naming industry about the Chevy nickname, I felt it was time for a fresh

We here at Catchword use instant messaging regularly. It’s tremendously useful to be able to ask a quick question without

Everyone knows that nothing rhymes with orange. Product advertising has been inspired by the orange rhyming deficiency. So have books

What a whirlwind of a week it has been here at Catchword – so much so that I just didn’t

Word freaks, namers (i.e., word freaks who get paid for their freakishness), and anyone else looking for an etymological chuckle

When it comes to capturing cultural trends, I’m a big fan of the compressed compound name. (Otherwise known as smushing

What do retrosexuals, flotels, and bonus parents have in common? Answer: they’re all in Merriam-Webster’s latest list of Top 10

X marks the proverbial spot. It’s also the X factor, that special something that you just can’t define but that