For Word Lovers

If you love words, you'll love this stuff as much as I do.

Proper usage:

kerfuffle (not kafuffle)

saccharin is a noun; saccharine is an adjective.

kick back is a verb; kickback is a noun. Same with cease fire and ceasefire.

a whiteout is caused by snow; Wite-Out is a correction fluid.

Kitty Litter is a proper name. So is Baggies.

the plural of banjo is banjos.

venetian blind is not a proper noun. Seeing Eye dog is a proper noun.

kudos is not plural; it is used the same as pathos. There is no such thing as a kudo.

It's somersault, folks - somersault. It's wacky, not whacky.

I could go on and on... I'm such a dork.
Abby