Doodles
A two-page spread of doodles from Russell M. Arundel’s Everybody’s Pixillated (1937).
Words in movies
From Mr. Deeds Goes to Town: “doodle,” “doodling,” “doodler,” “pixilated.”
Small pleasures
House Manager Adam Schiff (D, California-18) today spoke the word copasetic on the Senate floor. And he referenced some famous phrasing from Casablanca : “Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world,” casting Burisma as Rick’s Café Américain.
“What’s a parvenu?”
A nice bit of dialogue from Stan & Ollie (dir. Jon S. Baird, 2018).
Words, words, words
Build Your Vocabulary (Coronet Instructional Films, 1948).
Dr. Watson’s prose, however
The stuffiness of “however” suits him.
Word of the day: gazype
“Hey, look, you say this is on the up-and-up? Well, I don’t want to spit in no cop’s eye. If you’re hooked up with this, there's some kind of a gazype in it.”
“Silent film effect”
A baffling answer in today’s New York Times crossword, 32-Down, “Silent film effect”: IRISIN.