Permit me a wee bit of nepotism. My brother Ben is on ABC News: World News tonight to celebrate National Dictionary Day. He talks about how language evolves in weird ways. It's already on their web cast here
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nepotism ... should't that be "fratrism"? (Ask your brother ...)