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OCD

I am a clean guy. I like my room to be tidy, my hallway to be swept, and my kitchen to be insect-free. But there are those that would accuse me of “being OCD”. This acronym, which once stood for “obsessive-compulsive disorder”, is now a simple stand-in for cleanliness, perpetrated by the denizens of filth, [...]

Posted 25 August 2010 † Christopher § Incorrectly Used § Medical § Nouns ‡ Comments (0) °

Palm

This one is personal. I have always pronounced the L in “palm”. But a few years ago my girlfriend at the time insisted that the L is not pronounced, that it should be pronounced like PAHM. This sounds completely ridiculous to me, but so far every dictionary I’ve encountered has said the same thing: she [...]

Posted 16 April 2009 † Christopher § Nouns § Pronunciation ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged:

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