A word, phrase, sentence or other communication is called ambiguous if it can be interpreted in more than one way. With regard to single words, the most problematic are those whose various senses express closely related concepts.
“Good”, for example, can mean “useful” or “functional” (That’s a good hammer), “exemplary” (She’s a good student), “pleasing” (This [...]

They’re calling it the sandwich generation, since the protagonists of the drama, usually middle-aged or getting close to it, are “sandwiched” between aging parents and growing children. Others like to refer to the phenomenon as the Cluttered Nest Syndrome.
Whatever the terminology, it’s a situation increasingly common in a society where, on the one hand, couples [...]