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From bedside table to centre stage

Band names are becoming a sore point.

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Pump friction in the regions

It’s a tankless task.

For better or worse, there’s wiggle room in our squiggles.

Do you hunker or bunker down? A word expert answers your questions

Our language teems with these close cousins, like wiggle or wriggle room.

  • David Astle
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Bow down to the style setters

When it comes to formal wear, it’s a tie.

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Don’t be a wallflower, John

Best mate of first love and first husband of best mate would agree.

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Hare today, gone tomorrow

A rabbit remix gets the jump.

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Barbie-coded: Sabrina Carpenter

From Sabrina Carpenter to J.Lo, when did everything get so code-coded?

Charting the rise of the suffix of the moment.

  • David Astle
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When two tribes hit the floor

Members show their true colours.

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Hazards of working on your VoVo

That really takes the biscuit.

Show me the way to Peter the Swede.

Do you live in one of Australia’s most oddly named towns?

Show me the way to Peter the Swede.

  • David Astle