Piece, when used in reference to something someone wrote and published: “Did you see that New Yorker piece about the soaring cost of pastrami?” No. No you did not. You saw the New Yorker story about the soaring cost of pastrami. Or the New Yorker article about the soaring cost of pastrami. Or the New Yorker report about the soaring cost of pastrami.

This is a piece. That is not a piece.

Authored: I’ve said this before and I will say it again. It may be the only thing I think to say on my deathbed. You may say that someone “authored” a book if — and only if — you also say that the Replacements “musicianed” Pleased to Meet Me.

Limn, limned: This may be a personal issue, but the shape of those letters together gives me a crawly feeling, like bugs. It probably is a personal issue. Still: no.

Desuetude: A word that is not used nearly enough. Desuetude!