Today's Word Wrap keeps on with our tradition of bringing you the hippest, most happening new words and phrases being coined, as they're coined... well, okay, with at least a 5-second delay. Today's sparkling entries, as usual, are brought to you by the good folk over at wordspy.com password fatigue n. Mental exhaustion and frustration caused by having to remember a large number of passwords. (Citations) Streisand effect n. The widespread dissemination of information caused by an attempt to... READ ON

There are certain words that make me chuckle when I hear them, even if they're not supposed to be humorous. For example: highfalutin. Nothing really funny about the definition, obviously, but for some reason it just makes me smile. Others on my short-list include: rigmarole, doula, orangutan, curmudgeon, and Oscillococcinum (which always has me adding an additional cinuminuminum at the end). Lately, my favorite funny sounding word has been bobblehead. Though not actually referred to as such,... READ ON

I thought I'd use the Wrap to drop in the latest soundbite quiz, as it's all about famous words from the mouths of folks you should recognize. You think you know your famous quotations? Check out these snippets and test your knowledge. As always, I open up the Wrap for you to rap down in the comments. What's your favorite quote of all time? One, perhaps, I left off the... READ ON

My wife forwarded me a link recently about a new film called Helvetica, which, as you might have guessed, is all about the well-known font—a font, it turns out, that is celebrating its 50th birthday this year. For a word-freak like me, this certainly sounds like a MUST-SEE documentary, one I might even buy on DVD later. It got me thinking about good old Helvetica, and how it's always been one of my favs. Others include Palatino and Gill Sans and even the original Courier (the new one is just a... READ ON