| The New York Times Magazine 1997 WIlliam Safire |
| Title | Subject | Authors |
|---|
| Adultery and fraternization.(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Aha! It's an essential blowing-your-horn word, as a certain playuright knows.(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| B.C./A.D. or B.C.E/C.E.? Controversy in the Biblical dating game.(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Clone clone clone clone. (On Language) | | William Safire |
| Coffee nerves: a good cup of Joe doesn't come cheap on Capitol Hill.(On Language) | | William Safire |
| Days of infamy. (decisions behind drafting of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 'day of infamy' speech following Pearl Harbor attack)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Elite establishment egghead eupatrids: putting Blue Bloods, the brainy and other bigwigs in their place. (language of popular resentment: On Language)(Assignment Times Square: Special Photography Issue)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Film noir is my bete noire: it's getting dark and gloomy around here, I'm about to zone out. (overuse of the French term noir to describe novels and films: includes notes on use of term 'zoned out')(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Fizzy water everywhere: and not a drop of soda, seltzer or two cent plain to drink.(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Follow the proffering duck.(political expressions)(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Full bore, small bore: ... but never medium boring, as any wonk from either side of the Atlantic can tell you.(On Laguage)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Gifts of gab for 1998: the latest word books are about what the language dodge is all about.(On Language)(Column)(Buyers Guide) | | William Safire |
| Gimme the ol' white shoe: at Ivy League firms, the elite feet meet.(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Gotcha, hobbes. (analysis on the use of shortened words) | | William Safire |
| Hair-raising fund-raising: beware the inadvertent mad bagman. (terms such as inadvertent, bagwoman, and mad are currently being used at the White House and other places)(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| How now, voyager: for where you go an how you get there, a discerning native tongue. (travel industry terminology, also includes various terms for dogs)(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Hush money.(Column) | | William Safire |
| Invasion of the cuddlies. (words like touchy-feely and warm fuzzies; also the use of momentarily to mean 'in a moment')(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| JammedTogether Names Inc. (placing formerly separated words close together)(also discusses the Bible and related topics)(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Keeping your powder dry: 'stay cool' only half explains the rallying cry. There's also the threat.(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Le mot juste. (use of 'just' and 'only')(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Misteak sandwich: not falling short grammatically is one of those things that occupy language mavens.(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| New Yorkese. (distinctive inflections in English as spoken by New York City residents) (On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Or 'of a,' is it correct? Not usually. Is it that big of a deal? Could be.(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Over and outreach.(origin of the terms 'outreach,' 'venerable' and 'paparazzi')(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Pants, knickers and plus fours: getting a leg up on the (usually plural) lexicon of trousers, shorts and breeches.(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Potus and Flotus: they're handy Afbahs (acronyms for Bill and Hillary) in a Sikow (sassily insidish kind of way). (president of the United States and first lady of the United State)(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Push has come to shove; it's now or never, and a bit of American folk poetry says it best.(includes discussion of use of 'submarine' as a verb)(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Queuing up: when a word beginning with qu gets hot, quotidian readers need to brace for it.(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Singular heat? Grammar has suddenly become a team sport, so the ref's gotta make a call. (includes a discussion on callback, fightback, and comeback)(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Takeover, handover or reversion: what are they doing with Hong Kong next week?(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| The Bloopie Awards! advertising copywriters: push the envelope, please.(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| The full monty: leaving nothing out or, by metaphoric extension, leaving absolutely nothing on. (slang in and from motion pictures)(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| The governess: what to call the person who looks after your kids - from baby sitter to Mary Poppins. (caregiver terminology: includes a reference to a Wall Street Journal error in using ward healer instead of ward heeler)(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| The incredible 'N' credible: listen up. There's often a pronounced difference in what is said and what is heard. (effect of slurring the d-sound in the word 'and')(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| The jade and the jaded. (definitions of 'jade')(also discusses 'closure')(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| The new Old Testament. (names for the Hebrew Bible)(Column) | | William Safire |
| The non-crash: Wall STreet's sell-off was hardly cause for defenestration.(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| The words of summer: what to read on a hot day if you've got an hour or two, or if you want to get angst. (suggested reading list of books on language style)(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| The young old: in the synonymy of age, grown-up is elder-friendly, while geezer and battle-ax inspire clenched dentures. (On Language)(The Age Boom: A Special Issue)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Through the wronger. (on the use of 'wronger,' Charlie Trie's name in 'The Asian Connection' scandal, and the word 'dysfunctional')(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| When a Justice needs a friend. (the legal term 'amicus' is often mispronounced even in the Supreme Court, includes some other words that cause confusion)(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Why do they shoot horses? Interpreting a Frenchman's cri de coeur. (includes a discussion of terms generated by the ethics scandals in Washington, DC)(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
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