Shoe by Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly for January 15, 2019

I always thought it was ABSTEMIOUSLY (Plus it also has the “sometimes Y” in it!)

Something in me almost abhors and thinks it rather chintz like when you _chimps begin to claim technical Latin as ‘English’. Worse than having a biopsy.

It looks like we are dealing with another Cliff Clavin.

I am pretty sure that “aegilops” is not an English word. It’s not on dictionary.com nor is it in my Websters. I suspect from the sound of it that it is either Greek or Latin.

actually it’s Latin. A genus of plants, called also hardgrass. An ulcer or fistula in the inner corner of the eye

Cosmo would feel right at home with some of the commentators on this site.

Who decided what alphabetical order should be?

What is it in French? German? Spanish?

It’s either a genus of plant or a medical condition, and it’s Latin.

The only know-it-alls that really annoy me are the ones who could not possibly know anything about that, which they are pontificating on. [a man on women’s issues or the reverse.]

Don’t overlook the fact that it’s also an anagram of “spoilage.”

Since when it sharing bit of trivia equal to being a know-it-all?

Big Bird knows the longest word is abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.