| The New York Times Magazine 1998 WIlliam Safire |
| Title | Subject | Authors |
|---|
| All phat! And a bag of chips. (slang terms and uncommon names)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Back to my roots; one good pop need not deserve another.(etymological analysis of critical letter)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Broaching the telltale brooch: pinning down the pronunciation leads to a split decision.(origin of the word)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Crony capitalism. (origin of phrases in English)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Empowering out, enabling in.(the usage of the word 'enable')(Column) | | William Safire |
| Great moments in moments: got to record them before I have another senior moment. | | William Safire |
| Hamlet enters Whitewater.(Whitewater investigation of Pres Bill Clinton)(writing "convicted felon" is redundant and maven means personal-characteristic describing name)(Column) | | William Safire |
| He-said, she-said.(origins and usages of the phrase)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Impacting status: take it frim a schlumpeh, a noun doesn't a verb make.(trend in making verbs out of nouns)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Like, do you like likes or like?(clarification on usage of 'like')(Column) | | William Safire |
| Misrule of thumb: its association with wife-beaters and misogynists has given a phrase a bum rap. (etymology of the phrase 'rule of thumb')(Column) | | William Safire |
| Moral hazard.(variations on usage of English terms and phrases in business and politics)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Name that nation. (origin of the phrase 'United States of America')(Column) | | William Safire |
| `Nyah, nyah - gotcha!' The annual skewering of the maven.(New York Times Magazine readers' corrections of `On Language' columnist William Safire's grammatical errors)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Of high moments and the horse you rode in on. (use and origin of phrases to designate importance and to connote defiance or emphasis for effect)(Column) | | William Safire |
| On the lam, who made thee? Who knows, but when you get off it, you'll have to face the music. (etymology of slang phrases in the English language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Out of the whole cloth.(clarification of language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Out there in radioland. (sounds of early radio; use of the word 'syllogism')(Column) | | William Safire |
| Paine in the neck; who beat ol' Tom to our country's greatest coinage?(Thomas Paine may not have been the first to use the name "United States of America) | | William Safire |
| Parsing fancies: sunborn again.(news events create metaphors and figure of speech, Clinton sex scandal)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Ratcheting up the periscope. (language and economic theory)(Brief Article) | | William Safire |
| Retronym watch: on the lookout for the next cheese blintz or two-parent family. (modifying previously self-explanatory words and phrases)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Return of the Luddites: in the age-old war of humans vs. machines, no misprisioners are taken.(abusive use of the words Luddites and misprision)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Stop me before I apologize again.(language of apologies)(Brief Article) | | William Safire |
| Take my question - please! (use of the phrase 'begging the question'; use of 'supporter' and 'follower')(On Language)(Column)(Brief Article) | | William Safire |
| The 1998 Bloopie Awards.(awards for sloppy advertising )(Column) | | William Safire |
| The E-lancer eats a bagelwich. (origins of words)(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| The emerging word, actually: like a raised eyebrow or a shrug, it's not always, y'know, meaningless. (etymology of current usage in the English language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| The return of Joe Six-pack. (etymology of English slang usage)(Column) | | William Safire |
| The slow-walk issue: getting up to speed on politicians who march to the beat of different dialects.(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Touching base with cuckolds: the Pundits Aid Society also knows a thing or two about bonehead plays.(using the phrase `touch base,' slang term `bonehead' and variations on the verb `cuckold')(Column) | | William Safire |
| Transparency, totally: in the diplolingo of arms-control and global-trade policies, it carries sheer force. (language usage in the arena of global politics)(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Trunk show; previews of coming fashion attractions for the 'high end' crowd. (fashion jargon enters the mainstream, also online jargon, and proper names in current jargon)(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Up the down ladder: getting over the rhetoric of getting ahead - and putting all this behind us.(tracing the origin of `keeping up with the Joneses' and using the phrase `move on')(Column) | | William Safire |
| Washing our dishes: executive gossip is best served hot, and with a hint of dirt. (slang usage in the English Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| Weapons of mass destruction.(On Language)(Column) | | William Safire |
| With a Euro in her pouch...: as Y2K approaches, two new terms gain currency. (terms for European currency and the new millenium)(Column) | | William Safire |
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