Welcome

Welcome to Wordmudgeon, a decidedly curmudgeonly blog about words, meanings and the rapidly changing nature of both.

As you can tell by that header up there, a lot of glib sayings have been created over the years. One of the things we will explore here is the question of are they in need of updating. Such explorations will be found in the “Updated Words” category of posts.

Much less frequently, we will have a look at absolutely new words. Really, there are not many, but is blog categorizes such posts under the category “Truly New Words.” It is necessary to add that adverb in there because most words that widely perceived as “new” are really just bastardizations of pre-existing words. Such words are treated in the third category.

The “Retreaded Words” category deals with words that have recently come to have changed or additional definitions or meanings.

So that, for now, t is the organization of this blog. It may change from time to time as I think of more ways to look at the delightful morass of modern (and modernized!) written expression.

–Arjay–