http://www.worldwidewords.org Copyright 1996-2011 Michael Quinion World Wide Words examines the English language from a British viewpoint. It discusses word histories, new words, the background to words in the news and problems of English usage. webmaster-rss@worldwidewords.org (Michael Quinion) rss@worldwidewords.org (Michael Quinion) Sat, 05 May 2012 08:00:00 GMT en-gb 1440 http://www.worldwidewords.org/turnsofphrase/tp-omn1.htm omnishambles, moved from fiction to to the real world in April 2012.]]> Sat, 05 May 2012 08:01:00 GMT http://www.worldwidewords.org/turnsofphrase/tp-omn1.htm http://www.worldwidewords.org/reviews/re-dar1.htm Dictionary of American Regional English.]]> Sat, 05 May 2012 08:02:00 GMT http://www.worldwidewords.org/reviews/re-dar1.htm http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-can3.htm cantankerous?]]> Sat, 05 May 2012 08:03:00 GMT http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-can3.htm