Bazaar and bizarre might sound alike but a bazaar is a market and bizarre describes something really strange or kooky. I suppose there could be ….
BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front) The plural of basis is bases. basis: the bottom of something considered as its foundation: something on which something else ….
You can build a structure around a center, but bases go on the bottom of things, so you can’t base something around something else. Ask ….
When you offer to trade something tangible in payment for something else, say your Levi’s jeans for a handwoven shirt in Mexico, or a week ….
Bare means naked, but to bear is to carry something. A bear is also a black, white, or brown furry animal, but most people don’t ….
At a “barbecue,” one who “barbecues” is a “barbecuer” and he has probably often “barbecued” in “barbecue pit” using “barbecue sauce.” Casual restaurants like to ….
Ball and Bawl are unusual in that they both originate from the Old Norse. Ball comes from the Old Norse bolr, meaning ball. Bawl came ….
Whether you are bailing out a rowboat or a bank, use the two-word spelling to describe the action of doing it (the verb form): “we ….
A bay is a small inlet, a small recess in a wall, a compartment in an aircraft used for a specific purpose, an area inside ….
A bad rap—also known as a bum rap—is shame that results from false accusations or trumped-up charges. A bad wrap with a “-w” is a ….