The Beauty That Words Hold

A small rebellion against ugliness

Feb 21 • Scott Monty

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Lost Words, Found Hypocrisies

A glossary of forgotten biblical terms for the age of performative piety. Or, "Let us prey."

Feb 7 • Scott Monty

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January 2026

A Small Dictionary of Dishonor

Civilized Words for Uncivil Acts

Jan 24 • Scott Monty

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Banished Words for 2026

My bad

Jan 10 • Scott Monty

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December 2025

A Year’s Worth of Word Nerdiness

A lexical stroll through 2025

Dec 27, 2025 • Scott Monty

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Old Thoughts for Christmas

Kindness, surprise, generosity, slowing down to savor life, and the triumph of love and hope over hardship

Dec 13, 2025 • Scott Monty

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November 2025

That’s Intense

As intense as all get-out

Nov 29, 2025 • Scott Monty

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Solemn Sound-Sculpted Sentences

Softly, subtly, speech shimmers: alliteration, ancient and artful, awakes attention.

Nov 15, 2025 • Scott Monty

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A Taste of Immortality

Or, how to eat your heroes

Nov 1, 2025 • Scott Monty

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October 2025

The King’s English and the Tyranny of Taste

A reminder from a century ago

Oct 18, 2025 • Scott Monty

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The Genealogy of “Snake Oil”

Welcome to “Off the Clock,” a little something that lands somewhere between Timeless & Timely.

Oct 4, 2025 • Scott Monty

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September 2025

How Drugs Are Named

You might end up with a headache

Sep 20, 2025 • Scott Monty

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