A stick tower by any other name

Today's xkcd: Mouseover title: "Stay warm, little flappers, and find lots of plant eggs!" An amusing reminder of a serious issue: most compounds and phrasal collocations are used in ways that are consistent with their compositional meaning, but not entirely predictable from it. "Solar cell" doesn't mean "tanning bed"; "drainage basin" doesn't mean "mop bucket"; … Continue reading A stick tower by any other name