A Pointless Phrase

A Pointless Phrase

Raise your hand if – like us – you can’t stand the phrase “to your point.” 🙋 No, can’t stand is too mild. We despise it. Those three simple words grate like fingernails on a chalkboard. To. Your. Point. Screeeeech! We hear it all the time from talking heads on TV, and...
Mad, Bad, and Dangerous To Know Part 2

Mad, Bad, and Dangerous To Know Part 2

Gulp. Forget Lord Byron. The person perhaps most deserving of the famous epithet “mad, bad, and dangerous to know” is a fictional one — Jack Reacher who goes by “Reacher” only in the celebrated series by the author Lee Child. Reacher is a super-swole, vigilante...
Underconsumption Core

Underconsumption Core

The latest craze on TikTok with over 31M views is called #underconsumptioncore. This long and unwieldy phrase ironically champions/romanticizes an ethos of minimalism, make-do-and-mend, and less is more at a time when prices and rents are up, many live...
Act Your Age!

Act Your Age!

Act your age, young people, and don’t grow up so fast! According to research presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting, which took place from April 5th-10th, accelerated aging is to blame for the recent troubling trend of rising...
EpicentRx Word of the Weak (WOW): l’ esprit de l’escalier

EpicentRx Word of the Weak (WOW): l’ esprit de l’escalier

“It’s not too late to learn about the definition of l’esprit de l’escalier.” l’esprit de l’escalier Definition (noun): a perfect comeback thought of on the way home and, therefore, much too late. “The French have had the wit to pack into the words esprit d’escalier...