UL Writing Center

Avoid making double negatives with “neither … nor”: I DON’T eat NEITHER mice nor bugs. → X. (ಠ_ಠ) I eat NEITHER mice 🐭 nor bugs 🐛. → ✓.

Happy birthday, Dr. Seuss.

If you’re “dissatisfied,” you're angry or disappointed. If you’re “unsatisfied,” you want more of something. tmblr.co/Z90tLyM3v2_n

“Cut the cheese” = fart; pass gas. “Cut the mustard” = be good enough. Don’t mix up these idioms—unless your fart doesn’t cut the mustard.

Hear that, students?

In slang, *pretext* is a blend of “pretend” + “text.” “Pretext” = to pretend to text someone to avoid awkward situations. —@urbandictionary

Looking for cool words that mean “beginner”? Try TYRO, NEOPHYTE, INITIATE, NOVICE, and FLEDGLING. #vocabulary

A man who turns into a wolf is a *werewolf*, not a “warewolf,” “wearwolf,” or “wherewolf.” Hipsters would call him a “lycanthrope.”