Whether it is on a concert ticket upgrade, in a school newsletter, in a job ad, or on a customer service page at an airport, the term “meet and greet” seems to appear everywhere. The wide range of places where the term is used makes its meaning somewhat elusive. In this article, I will explain … Read more
A very small distinction in only one letter makes a big impact on what we see in our email, social media, school papers, and products we list online. People of all levels have trouble with “less than” or “less then,” and this is primarily due to the fact that “than” and “then” appear and sound … Read more
You’re in the middle of typing out a sentence, and you go to say “although” or “even though,” and your fingers stall. Is it one word or two? The eventhough or even though question stumbles up loads of confident writers, partly because the expression is so popular in spoken language and partly because it looks … Read more
If you’ve been on TikTok, Instagram, or group chats at all in the last two years, you would have seen “pookie” in constant rotation – whether someone’s talking about their partner, their best friend or even their dog. So just what is a pookie, and why has this one word taken over so much of … Read more
You send a message. The reply comes back: “alr.” Three letters, no punctuation, no explanation If you stopped to think what on earth that meant, this guide contains the full alr meaning in text so you never have to guess again. We’ll cover its origins, when it is used and in what situations, the tone … Read more
If you’ve ever stopped in the middle of writing a sentence debating whether to use to many or too many, you are up against one of the most classic homophone mistakes in English. Unlike other spelling disputes that may have widely accepted alternatives, the to many or too many question has an actual black-and-white correct … Read more
Has there ever been a time when you were writing something and found yourself questioning whether girlie or girly was the right spelling? You are not alone. Although they appear and sound alike, three-letter words have distinct meanings, roles in grammar, and tones based on different ways of being used. This grows even more confusing … Read more
If you’ve ever had to stop halfway through a sentence to question whether to spell it eyeing or eying, you have run afoul of one of the more peculiar little spelling idiosyncrasies in English. For some of the most commonly confused word pairs, like a word on the tip of your tongue without you really … Read more
You received a message saying PMO and then thought about what it meant. This is the part where Internet slang fails, because you can have the same abbreviation mean different things if the context of the discussion changes. If you are looking for what does pmo meaning text, one of the most common slang definitions … Read more
If you’ve ever been flicking through social media and felt a little twinge of anxiety watching your friends have fun at a party you weren’t invited to, or put off from switching off your phone for fear of missing out on something important, then you’ve experienced exactly what this term is describing. With phones in … Read more