January 2009, Vol. 11, No. 1 •  Talking to Students About Academic Discourse by Missy-Marie Montgomery •  The Wittiest Writer Alive by Joseph Epstein •  Commas and Adjectives Anew and Easy by Maurice Posada •  A Robert Burns Quatrimillenial Celebration by Richard Lederer •  All the World's a Stage: Shocking Upsets by Kerr Houston •  Vocabula Revisited: Hamlet in the Closet by John Kilgore •  Fiction: Shrine by Louis Gallo •  Postcards from Babel: Gained in Translation by Amalia Gnanadesikan •  Bethumped with Words: Nano-scaffold and a New Etymology of its Greek Root nanos by Bill Casselman •  Harrison's Corner: Justine and After by Carey Harrison •  The Common Reader: Thinking in Sonnets by Kevin Mims •  Letter of the Law: Don't Be Cruel by Adam Freedman •  Language Module 18: Be a DIP by Roger Rondeau •  Disagreeable English •  Clues to Concise Writing •  Scarcely Used Words •  Mock Merriam •  The Vocabula Quiz February 2009, Vol. 11, No. 2 •  Urds by Eric Torgersen •  The Humor of Abraham Lincoln — Part 1 by Richard Lederer •  Commas and Adjectives Anew and Easy by Maurice Posada •  Book Excerpt: The Artful Nuance by Rod L. Evans, Ph.D. •  Culture and Society: C'est Le Vol by John Kilgore •  Vocabula Revisited: For the Benefit & Helpe of Ladies and Gentlewomen: A Historical Review of Dictionaries and Their Eccentricities by Verónica Albin •  Two Poems: Kilroy by Francis Blessington •  Bethumped with Words: Peanut: Arachis Hypogaea — Origin of the Names nanos by Bill Casselman •  Harrison's Corner: The Truffles of Absurdity by Carey Harrison •  The Common Reader: Christina Rossetti: Poet, Muse, Lover by Kevin Mims •  Letter of the Law: When Corporations Fall in Love by Adam Freedman •  Language Module 19: Mister-Aligned Miss-Nomers by Roger Rondeau •  Disagreeable English •  Clues to Concise Writing •  Scarcely Used Words •  Mock Merriam •  The Vocabula Quiz March 2009, Vol. 11, No. 3 •  Losing Touch with a "Friend" by Keith Gogan •  Make Your Voice Heard by Donna Gorrell •  The Humor of Abraham Lincoln — Part 2 by Richard Lederer •  Ten of the Worst, Most Annoying Grammatical Mistakes That People Make by Robert Hartwell Fiske •  Book Excerpt: Sixty Sonnets by Ernest Hilbert •  Vocabula Revisited: The Ultimate Legal Thriller by Kevin Mims •  A Poem: Life in 4 by Marion DS Dreyfus •  A Poem: Handwork by Kathleen M. Goldbach •  Bethumped with Words: A Goy Gives the Origin of Four Yiddish Words? A Chaloshes! by Bill Casselman •  Harrison's Corner: She Seek Connie Dad by Carey Harrison •  Letter of the Law: Patently Obvious by Adam Freedman •  Language Module 20: Margana and the Lexica Gopher by Roger Rondeau •  Disagreeable English •  Clues to Concise Writing •  Scarcely Used Words •  Mock Merriam April 2009, Vol. 11, No. 4 •  What Modern English and Modern Poetry Owe to Renaissance England by Francis Blessington •  A Bilingual Pun Is Twice the Fun by Richard Lederer •  Deadline by Julian Burnside •  Book Excerpt: Movie Speak by Tony Bill •  Vocabula Revisited: The Perfect Word Is the One That Will Do by Ira Nayman •  Two Poems: At Forty by Jana Moore •  Fiction: The Lost Dialogues: Socrates to Himself by Michael Jay Katz •  Shibboleths: On Being a Jerk by John Kilgore •  Postcards from Babel: A Charm of Powerful Trouble by Amalia Gnanadesikan •  Bethumped with Words: Ponzi: Caught in the Wizard's Womb of Fraud by Bill Casselman •  Harrison's Corner: Beyond Laziness by Carey Harrison •  The Common Reader: The Celine Dialogs by Kevin Mims •  Vogue Words and Buzz Phrases: Closure by David Isaacson •  Letter of the Law: Excuses, Excuses by Adam Freedman •  Language Module 21: Esprit d'Escalier and the Dimwit on the Stairs by Roger Rondeau •  Disagreeable English •  Clues to Concise Writing •  Scarcely Used Words •  Mock Merriam •  Gotcha Grammar May 2009, Vol. 11, No. 5 •  The Naming Frenzy by Arthur Plotnik •  In Praise of Adjectives by Anna Jean Mallinson •  Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes by Richard Lederer •  Book Excerpt: The Man Who Made Lists by Joshua Kendall •  Vocabula Revisited: A Defense of Adjectives by Christopher Orlet •  Fiction: Busted by Leland Thoburn •  The Critical Reader: Prescriptivism and Descriptivism: What Are They at Root? by Mark Halpern •  Bethumped with Words: Vampire Squids from Hell: Odd Names in Zoology by Bill Casselman •  Harrison's Corner: Rip Van Winkle Writes by Carey Harrison •  The Common Reader: Elinore Reark's Grand Tour by Kevin Mims •  Letter of the Law: Frenemy Combatants by Adam Freedman •  Disagreeable English •  Clues to Concise Writing •  Scarcely Used Words •  Mock Merriam •  Gotcha Grammar June 2009, Vol. 11, No. 6 •  Prepositions: Those "Dull Little Words" by David Thatcher •  How You Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is by Richard Lederer •  How Verbal Variety Kills Comprehension by Philip Yaffe •  Tumbeling Tumbleweeds by John Mason Mings •  Vocabula Revisited: Congratulations, Valetudinarian! by David Carkeet •  A Poem: husband by William Aarnes •  A Poem: Born Under a Bad Sign by Clark Elder Morrow •  The Critical Reader: Prescriptivism and Descriptivism, Part 2: A Descriptivist in Action by Mark Halpern •  Postcards from Babel: When Is a Language Not a Language? by Amalia Gnanadesikan •  Bethumped with Words: Nudnik, Nogoodnik, and Nu: The Russian Origins of Three Yiddish Words by Bill Casselman •  Harrison's Corner: Keisha Clothes Dirty by Carey Harrison •  The Common Reader: Still Begging the Question by Kevin Mims •  Letter of the Law: Fleeting Expletives by Adam Freedman •  Language Module 22: EDREM by Roger Rondeau •  Letters to the Editor •  Gotcha Grammar •  TVR Poll

July 2009, Vol. 11, No. 7 •  The Enigmatic Semicolon by Janet Byron Anderson •  The English Language Means Business by Richard Lederer •  Linguistic Issues in The Bald Soprano: An Anti-Play by Pamela Sewell Saur •  Just a Matter of Keystrokes by Donna Gorrell •  Culture and Society:I Don't Wanna Grow Up: Adolescent Adulthood and How to Overcome It by Jeff Minick •  Book Excerpt: Uglier Than a Monkey's Armpit by Stephen Dodson and Dr. Robert Vanderplank •  Vocabula Revisited: Abomistrosities by Valerie Collins •  A Poem: Two Birds by Pia Taavila •  A Poem: Lullaby of the Ever-Returning by Sarabjeet Garcha •  The Elder Statesman: Words Are Important, But Is Even God Himself a Word? by Clark Elder Morrow •  Bethumped with Words: Soap and Its Word Origin by Bill Casselman •  Harrison's Corner: Bad to Worse by Carey Harrison •  Letter of the Law: 1776 and All That by Adam Freedman •  Language Module 23: Monty Green by Roger Rondeau •  Gotcha Grammar •  TVR Poll August 2009, Vol. 11, No. 8 •  Duty, Honor, Country by Verónica Albin •  Like by Maggie Balistreri •  Grammar Matters by Marylaine Block •  Word Economics by Ada Brunstein •  Black Holes by Julian Burnside •  Hysteria: The Just Death of a Medical Word by Bill Casselman •  Cutting and Splicing by Valerie Collins •  The Consequences of a Word by Skip Eisiminger •  Is Reading Really at Risk? by Joseph Epstein •  The Decline of the Dictionary by Robert Hartwell Fiske •  Don't Want Clever Conversation by Adam Freedman •  All the Rivers Around Here Are Dutch by Amalia Gnanadesikan •  Why Linguists Are Not to Be Trusted on Language Usage by Mark Halpern •  News from the Trenches: An English Professor Speaks by Carey Harrison •  The Age of Exploration by Kerr Houston •  Drunk Words by David Isaacson •  Bless Your Heart, Evangelina: An Academic Ghost Story by Sherri Mahoney Jacobs •  Comp 101 by John Kilgore •  Confessions of a Verbivore by Richard Lederer •  Small Talk by Anna Jean Mallinson •  Victoria's Secret Language by Kevin Mims •  Crash of the Titans by Clark Elder Morrow •  Organ Solo: Masturbation Words by Mark Morton •  Snobs and Slobs by David R. Williams September 2009, Vol. 11, No. 9 •  The 2009 Vocabula Well-Written Writing Contest Winners •  Prescriptivism Versus Descriptivism: Is Either Side Right? by Lee Dembart •  The Case for Short Words by Richard Lederer •  Cisterns by Tim Lyons •  Culture and Society: Conspiracies Without a Human Face by Mark Halpern •  Book Excerpt: The Natural Laws of Good Luck by Ellen Graf •  Vocabula Revisited: How Linguistics Killed Grammar by Peter Corey •  A Poem: 4AM Cab Ride by Ernest Hilbert •  A Poem: Mrs. Darling (Or Is It Wendy?) by Nettie Farris •  The Elder Statesman: Woman as Heavenly Tour Guide by Clark Elder Morrow •  Bethumped with Words: Galilee: Origin of a Hebrew Place Name by Bill Casselman •  Harrison's Corner: The Incident of the Goat by Carey Harrison •  Letter of the Law: Wee the People by Adam Freedman •  Language Module 24: Traveling Words by Roger Rondeau •  Disagreeable English •  Clues to Concise Writing •  Scarcely Used Words •  Mock Merriam •  Gotcha Grammar •  TVR Poll October 2009, Vol. 11, No. 10 •  What College Writing Instructors Do Wrong by Frank E. Keyes, Jr. •  Twelve of the Most Annoying Stylistic Mistakes That People Make by Robert Hartwell Fiske •  Literary Cats by Richard Lederer •  Chaps by Julian Burnside •  Specialty Dictionary: Glossary of Horse-Racing Terms by Jacob Kanzen •  Vocabula Revisited: Of Concordances, the Spider Guy, and Other Matters: A Rumination by Michael Berberich •  Two Poems by Jaimee Hills •  The Elder Statesman: Words That Need Rescuing by Clark Elder Morrow •  Bethumped with Words: A Figment of Etymology by Bill Casselman •  Harrison's Corner: Cliquez Ici by Carey Harrison •  Letter of the Law: The Most Important Word in the Constitution by Adam Freedman •  Language Module 25: Passive Gas by Roger Rondeau •  Disagreeable English •  Clues to Concise Writing •  Scarcely Used Words •  Mock Merriam •  Gotcha Grammar •  TVR Poll November 2009, Vol. 11, No. 11 •  Foxen in the Henhice by Richard Lederer •  Strange Dis'eas'es' of the Literary Mind by Ira Nayman •  Bill Safire's Usage Legacy by Mark Halpern •  Culture and Society: Er, What "Main Street" Is That? by Arthur Plotnik •  Book Excerpt: So You Think You Can Spell? by David Grambs and Ellen S. Levine •  Book Review: Word for Word by Robert Hartwell Fiske •  Vocabula Revisited: Academic Diction: An Avoidable Poverty by Will Hamlin •  A Poem: Taphephobia by Francis Blessington •  A Poem: Meditation on a Line from The 1001 Arabian Nights by Kevin Mims •  The Elder Statesman: Memory Between the Covers by Clark Elder Morrow •  Bethumped with Words: Etymology of a Loaded Word: Celibate by Bill Casselman •  Harrison's Corner: A Student Writes by Carey Harrison •  Letter of the Law: Mid the Canon's Roar by Adam Freedman •  Language Module 26: The Greengrocers Apostrophe's by Roger Rondeau •  Disagreeable English •  Clues to Concise Writing •  Scarcely Used Words •  On the Bookshelf •  Gotcha Grammar •  TVR Poll December 2009, Vol. 11, No. 12 •  Words as Keys to Locks by Skip Eisiminger •  To Wit by Tina Bennett •  A Punderful Christmas Game by Richard Lederer •  Culture and Society: Military Robots and the Redefinition of "Autonomy" by Mark Halpern •  Specialty Dictionary: Glossary of Detective-Story Slang by William Denton •  Bad Language: Post-Modern Bull ... by S. Subramanian •  Vocabula Revisited: The Gap That Shouldn't Be: Journalistic Writing Versus Academic Writing by Robert M. Knight •  A Poem: the romance of my city by Derek Richards •  A Poem: Mall of America, New Year's Eve by Maryann Corbett •  The Elder Statesman: Anatomy of a Word (and an Obsession) by Clark Elder Morrow •  Bethumped with Words: Bastard! by Bill Casselman •  Harrison's Corner: Dangerous Men by Carey Harrison •  Letter of the Law: Criminal Slanguage by Adam Freedman •  Language Module 27: Comma Sense by Roger Rondeau •  Disagreeable English •  Clues to Concise Writing •  Scarcely Used Words •  Gotcha Grammar •  Vocabula Poll