CS Perryess
@perryess.bsky.social
Teen fiction writer, songwriter, baker, cyclist, wordmonger, & generally happy human — he/him
How many idioms can you come up with that employ the word RUB? Check ‘em out at Wordmonger. www.perryess.com/blog/rub-idi...
January 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
How many idioms can you come up with that employ the word RUB? Check ‘em out at Wordmonger. www.perryess.com/blog/rub-idi...
Where’d we get the words revile, scoff, deride, mock, sneer & jeer? Find out at Wordmonger. www.perryess.com/blog/scoff
January 1, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Where’d we get the words revile, scoff, deride, mock, sneer & jeer? Find out at Wordmonger. www.perryess.com/blog/scoff
Where do we get words like snow, drizzle, rain, hail, & sleet? Visit Wordmonger this week to find out. www.perryess.com/blog/precipi...
December 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Where do we get words like snow, drizzle, rain, hail, & sleet? Visit Wordmonger this week to find out. www.perryess.com/blog/precipi...
Check out Wordmonger this week for meanings & idioms of the noun ROOF. www.perryess.com/blog/roof
December 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Check out Wordmonger this week for meanings & idioms of the noun ROOF. www.perryess.com/blog/roof
This week at Wordmonger, explore the myriad meanings & idioms of the word touch. www.perryess.com/blog/touch
December 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
This week at Wordmonger, explore the myriad meanings & idioms of the word touch. www.perryess.com/blog/touch
How many letters can we sardine into one syllable? Visit Wordmonger to find out. www.perryess.com/blog/lengthy
December 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
How many letters can we sardine into one syllable? Visit Wordmonger to find out. www.perryess.com/blog/lengthy
What is it to “have the cockroach” or “cop a mouse”? Visit Wordmonger to enjoy some rare idioms. www.perryess.com/blog/dubious...
November 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
What is it to “have the cockroach” or “cop a mouse”? Visit Wordmonger to enjoy some rare idioms. www.perryess.com/blog/dubious...
Visit Wordmonger to appreciate ten “new” words added to dictionaries this year. www.perryess.com/blog/new-wor...
November 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Visit Wordmonger to appreciate ten “new” words added to dictionaries this year. www.perryess.com/blog/new-wor...
This week at Wordmonger, we’re appreciating some synonyms of sleep. I hope you’ll join us. www.perryess.com/blog/slumber
November 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This week at Wordmonger, we’re appreciating some synonyms of sleep. I hope you’ll join us. www.perryess.com/blog/slumber
What do the likes of Rita Mae Brown, Virginia Woolf, & Katherine Paterson have to say about novels? Come see at Wordmonger. www.perryess.com/blog/novels
November 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
What do the likes of Rita Mae Brown, Virginia Woolf, & Katherine Paterson have to say about novels? Come see at Wordmonger. www.perryess.com/blog/novels
Halloween season — the perfect time to visit Wordmonger for a tour of ghost-based idioms & the word’s sources. www.perryess.com/blog/ghost
October 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Halloween season — the perfect time to visit Wordmonger for a tour of ghost-based idioms & the word’s sources. www.perryess.com/blog/ghost
Exactly how are “It’s the pits,” “pithy statement,” & “pit-bull” related? Join me this week to find out. www.perryess.com/blog/pit
October 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Exactly how are “It’s the pits,” “pithy statement,” & “pit-bull” related? Join me this week to find out. www.perryess.com/blog/pit
How many idioms can you think of that involve the word “live”? Visit Wordmonger to appreciate a bunch of them. www.perryess.com/blog/live
October 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
How many idioms can you think of that involve the word “live”? Visit Wordmonger to appreciate a bunch of them. www.perryess.com/blog/live
Join me this week for an exploration of selected synonyms of the word annoyed. www.perryess.com/blog/annoyed
September 27, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Join me this week for an exploration of selected synonyms of the word annoyed. www.perryess.com/blog/annoyed
Join me this week to appreciate the origins of selected words from Tracy Chapman’s hit, “Fast Car.” www.perryess.com/blog/be-some...
September 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Join me this week to appreciate the origins of selected words from Tracy Chapman’s hit, “Fast Car.” www.perryess.com/blog/be-some...
Do some languages really have more words for snow? Find out at Wordmonger. www.perryess.com/blog/how-man...
September 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Do some languages really have more words for snow? Find out at Wordmonger. www.perryess.com/blog/how-man...
How many euphemisms can you think of for peeing? This week, Wordmonger looks at a bunch of them.https://www.perryess.com/blog/to-euphemize
September 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
How many euphemisms can you think of for peeing? This week, Wordmonger looks at a bunch of them.https://www.perryess.com/blog/to-euphemize
This week at Wordmonger we’re looking at the word stand — its many meanings plus a bunch of stand-related idioms. Join us. www.perryess.com/blog/stand
August 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This week at Wordmonger we’re looking at the word stand — its many meanings plus a bunch of stand-related idioms. Join us. www.perryess.com/blog/stand
Join me this week to explore the origins of words like fatigued, exhausted, pooped, & knackered. www.perryess.com/blog/exhausted
August 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Join me this week to explore the origins of words like fatigued, exhausted, pooped, & knackered. www.perryess.com/blog/exhausted
Where did we get words like havoc, maelstrom, chaos & shambles? Join me this week at Wordmonger to find out. www.perryess.com/blog/havoc
August 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Where did we get words like havoc, maelstrom, chaos & shambles? Join me this week at Wordmonger to find out. www.perryess.com/blog/havoc
Lackadaisical, wild goose chase, slush fund & miscreant — what are the unlikely sources of these words? join me this week to find out. www.perryess.com/blog/mixed-bag
August 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Lackadaisical, wild goose chase, slush fund & miscreant — what are the unlikely sources of these words? join me this week to find out. www.perryess.com/blog/mixed-bag
What the heck is a bilge artist? A dab in the dook? A widger? Join me at Wordmonger this week to explore a little slang. www.perryess.com/blog/slang64...
July 31, 2025 at 4:51 PM
What the heck is a bilge artist? A dab in the dook? A widger? Join me at Wordmonger this week to explore a little slang. www.perryess.com/blog/slang64...
Get your tickets at 805tix.
July 27, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Get your tickets at 805tix.
Gobble, gabble, gavel, gobsmacked — are they related? If so, how? Visit Wordmonger to find out. www.perryess.com/blog/gobsmac...
July 24, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Gobble, gabble, gavel, gobsmacked — are they related? If so, how? Visit Wordmonger to find out. www.perryess.com/blog/gobsmac...
Join me this week at Wordmonger to explore Word Prejudice. Why use rear instead of fanny, arse, or rump?
www.perryess.com/blog/leer
www.perryess.com/blog/leer
July 17, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Join me this week at Wordmonger to explore Word Prejudice. Why use rear instead of fanny, arse, or rump?
www.perryess.com/blog/leer
www.perryess.com/blog/leer