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Hi Malone, my parents always enjoyed wordplay which they encouraged us `kids` to share - my first memory of crosswords was being allowed to fill in the squares in the SE Skeleton - woe betide me if I messed up!

Tyke51, what brave parents, trusting their children to fill in the crossword squares! I know you were being supervised, but even so...

I always played lots of word games with my children, but that was mainly so that I could avoid lots of other activities - all the creative stuff such as Playdough, painting, drawing, Lego....

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/shenanigans-thats-too-polite-for-this-plague-of-cynical-shrivelling-hvrbfxk3d?shareToken=f4d7b9ff3bbf7683e6b1380d24668bc4

To shenaniganate. A new word?

Apologies!
Shenaniganate

Latest 'howler' from a report in our local newspaper, concerning a young lady who had written a book

Apparently said writing caused her fiance so much frustration, that he insisted that her wedding vowels include a promise never to write another

"'Ey, I owe you!" . . perhaps?

Heard yet again from a quiz show contestant introducing himself: 'I was originally born in....' That begs the question as to where they were subsequently born.

Mmm, alwayspuzzled - check what "begs the question" actually means!

I checked, with no less an authority than "Grammar Girl" . .

As I did so, I couldn't help but notice the title of another of her informative articles: "How Do Words Get In The Dictionary?"

Personally I don`t think anyone owns language. People invent new words because society is always changing and the new words become accepted. Dictionaries try to keep up with change and are always adding/discarding words - some Dictionaries seem to be more respected than others, while people tend to like a particular version. I`ve always preferred Collins while crossword setters seem to favour Chambers !

My 'gripe' was with the "in/ into" usage . .