“Ballocks!”, an exclamation of frustration or skepticism, is cognate with the word balls, and literally means “testicles.” Its use is considered far more racy in Great Britain than in the United States. This is part of a...
Listen closely for the phatic replacements in our Quiz Guy John Chaneski’s game of idle chitchat. This is part of a complete episode.
The word receipt is occasionally used a synonym for recipe, as in “a list of ingredients in a dish and instructions on how to make it.” Both words come from the same Latin root, recipere, meaning “to receive.” The use of...
Father Dominic from Chicago wonders when “It’s a thing” became, well, a thing. This is part of a complete episode.
Scrumping is a Britishism for “stealing apples off your neighbors’ trees.” This is part of a complete episode.
What’s an appropriate response when someone knocks on your bathroom stall? How about “You can come in, but you can’t sit down!” This is part of a complete episode.