Get ready for some (barely) controlled chaos as we look at phrases that seem to contradict themselves, and others that just get under our skin.

We dip back into the mailbag to answer some listener questions, including one about a famous nonsense phrase.

This week: The thrilling conclusion of one of the most deceptively difficult spelling tests you're ever likely to come across.

Kathy and Ross give Fletcher one of the most deceptively difficult spelling tests you're ever likely to see.

This week, we're looking at words with literary origins. You may not know this, but sometimes writers just make words up.

1985 may not seem like a long time ago, but people back then had some pretty different ideas about how to speak "properly."

What does the stock market have to do with piracy in the West Indies? The Dutch, of course! (Really!)

The plural of thief is thieves, so why isn't the plural of chief chieves? And as the old woman once said, where are the beeves??? On today's show, we tackle the tricky nuance of plurals and synonyms that aren't actually synonyms.

We return to our series looking at the most enigmatic, evil words ever found on the SAT.

We're talking about some words of the season as the temperatures have fortunately turned for the better and allergies unfortunately have not.