words

What Actually Is a Dirtbag?

Besides, you know, the person looking back at you in the mirror. Is a dirtbag an actual object?

Snatch. Moist. Cunnilingus. Why Do Female Sex Words Have to Be So Gross-Sounding?

Maybe female sexuality is such a ‘mystery’ because we say things like ‘Let me eat out your gash gruel.’

‘Marijuana’ v. ‘Cannabis’ Is a Fight for the Soul of Weed

The word ‘marijuana’ is rapidly disappearing from our vocabulary, labeled as a relic of a deeply unwoke past. But to fight the creep of gentrification, is it time to reclaim it — or throw it in the bong water for good?

America Lost Its Way When We Switched From ‘Porno’ to ‘Porn’

What we lost when we dropped that little ‘o’