Breaking news: he never turned into a bug

Still can’t see today’s answer

Words born from mater (mother) -

maternal
matron
matriarch
metropolis
Matryoshka (doll)
(alma) mater
matrix
material
matter

- You’re average
- That’s mean

In the word cloud of the English language, there exists a void. On the periphery of this void are words that linger on the fringe of common usage, yet haven't become so obscure as to be completely alien. Here are ten liminal words, courtesy of GPT-4.

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Pleased to announce that recently my catchy name for eco fiction has been green lit.

me: excuse me, this dish was served cold

waiter: *eyes narrowing* you don't recognize me, do you?

A good pun is a rare medium well done

Happy 98th birthday to Sir David Attenborough 🥳🎉

Fish School of Rock:
I Don’t Like Barramundi
Jumping Jack Sprat
Spawn To Be Wild
Grilling Me Softly
That’s A Moray
Guppy Love
Hold Minnow
Mullet Kintyre
Wild Seahorses
Like A Sturgeon
Wake Up Little Sushi
Jagged White Pilchard

Typos is the Greek god of spelling errors.

A scene from 'The Leftovers' (season 3, episode 5), shot around Melbourne in 2016-7. Any clue what crossword he's solving?

Before sliced bread, what was the best thing?

SCHLIMMBESSERUNG - so-called improvement that only makes things worse. [German 'bad improvement']

Wordle players, when in doubt, BLIMP. (Test as many eligible consonants in a separate word.)

🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩
🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩
🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I have a cartoon in the current Private Eye.

*crab-walked

So where do you sit?

What idiot called it a vocabulary instead of your wordrobe?