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I Haven’t Got the Stomach for It

September 9, 2020September 8, 2020Niall O'Donnell Leave a comment

After writing yesterday about how the word revolting comes from the stomach (not literally: that’d be, well, revolting), I was thinking about just how much of a role that organ plays in the English language.

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The B-Team

May 4, 2019May 3, 2019Niall O'Donnell 5 Comments

What’s so bad about being on the B-Team? I mean, sure, they’re obviously not as good as the A-Team, but they’re still better than the other 24 teams! Continue reading →

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Catchphrase!

January 18, 2019January 17, 2019Niall O'Donnell 4 Comments

I briefly considered the word catchphrase today. Continue reading →

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Neck-Verse

January 5, 2019January 4, 2019Niall O'Donnell 13 Comments

I had the increasingly rare pleasure of learning a new expression today: neck-verse. Continue reading →

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I’m Inclined to Agree

February 6, 2018February 6, 2018Niall O'Donnell 2 Comments

I’m sure that’s something you often say while reading these posts. It’s also, if you think about it, more metaphorical than might be obvious. Think about it for a moment. How else do we use the word inclined?

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Hump Day

January 25, 2018January 25, 2018Niall O'Donnell 4 Comments

Look, I know this is being published on a Thursday, but in my defence I’m writing this on a Wednesday and the idea came to me this afternoon.

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An Albatross Round your Neck

November 14, 2017November 14, 2017Niall O'Donnell 11 Comments

“God save thee, ancient Mariner!

From the fiends, that plague thee thus!-

Why looks’t thou so?”-With my cross-bow

I shot the ALBATROSS.

This is one of the more unusual English idioms. It means a very heavy, psychological burden.

But why an albatross?

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