The Joy of Language

I'm listening to NPR and I hear the expression " charismatic megafauna". "Say what?" sez I, and it's off to Google to find out what the heck that is. My search led me to a nifty site called "The Word Spy."

To wit, Web Spy "is devoted to lexpionage, the sleuthing of new words and phrases. These aren't "stunt words" or "sniglets," but new terms that have appeared multiple times in newspapers, magazines, books, Web sites, and other recorded sources."

's nifty. Check it out.