Contronyms (also spelled contranyms) are words that are their own opposites…

You might not use these strange, often antiquated, words very often. Do you know what they mean?

A binomial is a mathematical expression consisting of two terms. But there are also binomials in language, and they are basically the same. A binomial comprises two words that go together in an idiomatic expression, such as up and down.

I have read some good books since I last did a book post …

In the Creedence Clearwater hit, “Bad Moon Rising,” the line is ,”There’s a bad moon on the rise.”