Idioms with impact
Language may shape thought, but the way we joke, hint, or sidestep often says more. In our classrooms, where teachers balance modules and quiet pushba...
Herman M. LagonMarch 7, 20264 min
IMPULSES
Language may shape thought, but the way we joke, hint, or sidestep often says more. In our classrooms, where teachers balance modules and quiet pushba...
They slip into our speech like old jokes or fresh tsismis. You hear them everywhere — kids on swings, sari-sari store chika, even in a politician’s pu...
It rarely begins with noise. First, the cashier lane disappears. Then, your banking app starts doing what tellers used to. Before you can even ask wha...
Not all fashion lives on runways. Some of it breathes in places like Mary Mart Mall in Iloilo—where survival meets style, and heart beats louder than ...
There is a certain awkwardness you cannot quite shake off when you are in a graduate classroom and have nothing to say. I learned this the hard way. M...
After hearing young writers tackle big topics with brave, simple words, you begin to notice how a city speaks about learning in its quiet moments. In ...
There is a German word that sounds heavier than it looks: schadenfreude. It means taking quiet pleasure in someone else’s misfortune. It is usually us...
Some campaigns fade once the hashtags cool down. “Atin ang Kinse” refuses to. It keeps resurfacing because the issue is not symbolic; it is daily rice...
Justice does not travel well when it is wrapped only in slogans. This reflection feels especially apt as we mark the 40th anniversary of the EDSA Peop...