language
How We Got Stuck in the Ongoing Nightmare of Calling Pizza ’Za
We failed to stop COVID from spreading, but perhaps there’s still time to contain ’za before it truly gets out of control
We Can All Agree That Scrabble Is for Psychos
Tournament players were resistant to taking racial slurs off the table — because in their game, words are meaningless
The Curious Origins of ‘High as Balls’
As a literal comparison, ‘high as balls’ makes no sense. But it reveals a ton about why slang works and why we love to use it
The Problem With Calling HIV-Negative People ‘Clean’
How a metaphor for living without HIV/AIDS hurts the poz community
