Peeve of the Day

Listen up, people.

A tic is a small involuntary or habitual motion:  Only the nervous tic in his left eyelid betrayed his agitation.

A tick is a bloodsucking arachnid:  After his walk in the woods, he found a deer tick just above the top edge of his right sock.

They mean two different things, and they have two different spellings.

Got it?

Good.

One thought on “Peeve of the Day

  1. The nervous tick in his left eyelid raised his mandibles and then bit down. Ah, he thought, that’s some good humor at last, the aqueous kind.

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