boulevard stop
n.— «A woman going through a boulevard stop can say she’s just learning to drive and was afraid she couldn’t get her car started again if it stopped.» —“The Union didn’t much care for Ol’ Billy Carlson” by Arthur Ribbel San Diego Union-Tribune (California) June 3, 1984. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Liam from San Francisco, California, is wondering about woo-woo. How did this term come to be an adjective describing beliefs or practices considered unscientific or irrational? Woo-woo likely imitates otherworldly sounds or ghostly moans. This is...
Martha shares a funny story about her five-year-old great-niece, who misunderstood the name of her adopted home state, California. Then again, Unicornia does have a nice ring to it. This is part of a complete episode.
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