“...in English the word 'peripatetic' means 'one who walks habitually and extensively.”

“Beowulf stands out as a poem which makes extensive use of this kind of figurative language. There are over one thousand compounds in the poem, totalling one-third of all the words in the text. Many of these compounds are kennings. The word 'to ken' is still used in many Scottish and Northern English dialects, meaning 'to know'. Such language is a way of knowing and of expressing meanings in striking and memorable ways; it has continuities with the kinds of poetic compounding found in nearly all later poetry but especially in the Modernist texts of Gerard Manley Hopkins and James Joyce.”

“Intermarriage is one of the most provocative words in the English language”

“Abligurition: an actual, if very obscure, English word, which means the spending of too much money on food.”

“In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for the parents who lose a child.”

“English is a beautiful language, a remarkably precise language with a million words to choose from to deliver your exact shade of meaning.”