Language Log

Today's Dumbing of Age:

Today's Zits:

Alon Lichinsky sent in a link to this P.C. Hipsta comic:

And a reminder of another attachment ambiguity joke:

Today's xkcd illustrates a technique pioneered by Bill Labov:

Mouseover title: "BREAKING: Senator's bold pro-podium stand leads to primary challenge from prescriptivist base."

Today's For Better or For Worse:

In yesterday's Questionable Content, the "combat AI" Bubbles rejects the gift of a collapsible cardigan. The first couple of panels:

Today's Frazz:

Today's xkcd:

Mouseover title: "'If you're done being pedantic, we should get dinner.' 'You did it again!' 'No, I didn't.'"

… radiating stupidity isotropically.  Today's SMBC presents a variation on the traditional "perfectly spherical cow" joke:

Today's Tank McNamara:

A reader was impressed enough with the recursive possessive form "mine's" to send in a link to  Happy Monday Comics:

In today's SMBC:

Today's xkcd:

Mouseover title: "The Romeo and Butt-Head film actually got two thumbs up from Siskel and Oates."

A less satisfactory alternative method would yield Romiette and Julio, or Abelise and Heloard, or Antopatra and Cleony.