Men swear about menswear

Today’s One Big Happy: (#1) Ah, a potential orthographic ambiguity, turning on word division: MENSWEAR as MENS WEAR ‘men’s clothing’ (what the store intends) or MEN SWEAR ‘men curse’ (what Ruthie reads). As is often the case, when there’s an ambiguity, somebody is going to play on both meanings at once. In this case, men … Continue reading Men swear about menswear