The Word “Bollard”


As a Dutchwoman, I consider water as much part of my mindscape as land, so it's wonderful to encounter a word related to that in English that I previously only had in Holland. It's also a wonderfully specific detail to add to a car chase scene (the low metal poles…

The word “oodle”


Oodle, a sizable pool or amount of something, often abstract and plural, e.g. oodles of fun, oodles of time. It is kin in sound to both puddle and ooze, which for me nicely captures the quality of the word, a moving liquid that has pooled somewhere. I would use this…