Three language-related cartoons: in order, a Zippy, a Zits, and a Bizarro. Mr. Toad’s cutified (in quotation marks, note, to signal its ostentatiously innovative character)  — adjective cute + causative/inchoative derivational suffix -ify — exemplifies Zippyworld playfulness with derivational morphology (on which, see, most recently in this precinct, my “creepitude” posting here). Here’s the relevant … Continue reading Cartoons for the weekend