To combine two individual words (e.g., a noun and a verb or an adjective and a noun) into an acceptable word combination, you should be aware of the English word combination constraints of words. This ...

The American Dialect Society—the same august, century-old body that brought us “-ussy” as its 2022 Word Of The Year—has gone ...

When considering the language used by a writer, you can think of another word or expression the writer could have used. This will then allow you to compare the word used against an alternative and ...