The 501

The 501
The 501

COMMENTARY

HANABA MUNN WELCH

Raise your hand if you think you might be neurotic.

Raise your other hand if you don’t know what it means.

It’s a crazy word. As a child, I wondered what it meant when my mother said it. Now my husband says it. I’m still wondering.

ExceptIlookeditup,soIsortofknow.The catch-all word peaked in popularity in the early 1950s (when my mother said it in front ofmylittleears).Theu…