Tonight’s fine distinction is all about math, numbers to be precise: “natural numbers” vs “integers” vs “rational numbers” vs “real numbers.” Let’s throw in “irrational numbers” and “imaginary numbers,” too. Natural numbers are whole, round numbers. 1, 2, 3, 4, etc....

Tonight’s fine distinctions are “Proverb” vs “Adage” vs “Maxim” vs “Aphorism” vs “Epigram.” Okay! All of these have to do with truisms, little bits of wisdom in small digestible form. Proverbs are traditional and folksy. “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.”...

Tonight we are FINALLY going to learn about the distinction between a “snitch” and a “rat.” A snitch informs on others; they are a tattletale. A rat informs on their own; they are a traitor. Oooh, and it gets one shade deeper than that, too, because there are “true”...