Insight Categories: Language Use

Consider the Seven Deadly Sins: wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony. At Catchword we consider them essential parts...

This item was originally published on December 7th, 2010 at Fast Company. Yes, I read comics. (I just wanted to...

Today’s lesson is about language use, and more specifically, how to use a swear word correctly. I am usually a...

I’ve been reading Mary Roach’s Spook – great book, highly recommend, would do business again A++! – and I just...

Around five years ago, about the time my first-born reached school age, my wife and I made the decision to...

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...