Cullum on morphology

From Larry Horn (through some intermediaries), two cartoons by the great gag cartoonist Leo Cullum on the theme of English morphology:   (#1) That’s retox, on the model of detox (a clipping of detoxification), occurring in the idiomatic PP in detox. So the man on the left is retoxifying, returning to drinking alcohol.   (#2) … Continue reading Cullum on morphology