| The New York Times Magazine 1995 WIlliam Safire |
| Title | Subject | Authors |
|---|
| Blue dog demo. (Blue Dog Conservative Democrats, a phrase coined to describe Democrats espousing Republican positions)(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Conspiracy theory. (includes discussion on the terms 'tortious interference' and 'retronym')(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Dee-cline dee-fense. (On Language) (Column) | | William Safire |
| Default, dear Brutus. (looking at the meaning of default, also 'fear or favor' phrase)(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Exit strategy. (discussion about the terms 'exit strategy,' and 'fig leaf,' and the verb 'grow')(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Famously. (includes a discussion of the usage of 'waiting on,' and 'gangsta')(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Four-letter words. (perception of four-letter words as obscene) | | William Safire |
| Funkmanship. (includes a discussion on the misuse of 'penultimate' in a Ralph Lauren's ad)(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Gifts of gab. (dictionaries)(On Language)(Column)(Buyers Guide) | | WIlliam Safire |
| Go south, young man. (metaphors) | | William Safire |
| Gotcha! Gang strikes again. (eight readers try to find mistakes in language columnist's articles)(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Hello, Central. (nomenclature of European countries) (Column) | | William Safire |
| Hillary speaks. (rhetoric devices in the speech of Hillary Rodham Clinton at the UN Conference on Women in Beijing, China) (On Language) (Column) | | William Safire |
| How 'shrunk' snuck in.(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Internettled. (online jargon, also includes a discussion of Pres. Bill Clinton's use of the term 'reconfiguration')(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Jersey's vanishing 'New.' (looking at the usage for New Jersey and Gotham)(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Kiduage. (slang of the young)(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Modem, I'm odem. (language on television) | | William Safire |
| Not so special. ('special' as an adjective for titles of government officials) (On Language) (Column) | | William Safire |
| Of nutsiness and madness.(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| ... Or shut up. (looking at the phase 'put up or shut up;' use of has vs. had)(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Or what? (phrase used in conversation)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Proximity talks. (new diplomatic jargon: also includes a discussion on gender agreement)(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Simpsoniana. (On Language) (Column) | | William Safire |
| Spookspeak in Deutchland. (use of CIA jargon continues under Director John Deutch: also includes evidence that in 1929 and 1933 whites uses the term 'rap' )(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Stylish books and koobs. (books that present prose in an interesting way)(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Surveilling maskirovka. (looking at roots of a Russian word, also surveille, and palindrome)(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Than me? (On Language) | | William Safire |
| That 'certain age.' (what age groups does this term encompass)(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| The Bloopie Awards! (for the makers of grammatical errors in ads and promotions)(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| The certainty of 'I'm not sure.' (includes a discussion on the expletive 'bull s---t')(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| The concealment of sex. (On Language) | | William Safire |
| The Goldilocks recovery. (US economy) | | William Safire |
| The perfect paragraph. | | William Safire |
| The word that brought down the House. (use of the term 'bugger' in Congress by Rep. Adam Clymer, also discussed is 'snubbed nose' and 'you're welcome')(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| The working reader. (On Language) (Column) | | William Safire |
| To be sure .... (On Language) (Column) | | William Safire |
| 'To' vs. 'with.'(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Upside the head. (On Language) | | William Safire |
| Who's John Doe? (roots of the words Doe, Roe, heartland and militia are examined)(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
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