Grimer Girl here.

I'm Minion Fowgherty and this week I have a quick and dirty tip about Riffle versus Riffle

and a meaty middle about Worcester and Worcestershire sauce.

The other day on Twitter I said I was going to Riffle through my medicine cabinet looking

for something to sue the wicked headache and someone corrected me saying that I was actually

rifling through my medicine cabinet.

My headache went away but my curiosity about these two words didn't so I looked them

up as my mother always encouraged me to do.

Both verbs, riffle and rifle mean to go through something but there's a subtle difference.

When you're riffling you are happily flipping through something or shuffling cards by interlacing

them.

For example, mathematicians say it takes seven riffle shuffles to sufficiently randomize

a single deck of cards.

Although the Oxford English Dictionary says the origin of riffle is uncertain, one theory

is that it's a blend between riffle and ruffle.

Here's an example of how you'd use riffle.

As she riffled through the dictionary, she found a hidden note.

The wind can also riffle your hair or riffle water to create riffles or ripples.

When you're rifling, you're searching frantically or ransacking, usually meaning to steal

something.

Rifle is from the old French word for steal or plunder.

Here's an example of how you'd use riffle.

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