Jessica in Indianapolis, Indiana, says her field of software development, rubber duck applies to a situation where you describe a problem you’re struggling with to someone else, and in the process of explaining it, you hit upon the solution...
Quiz Guy John Chaneski’s canine word quiz pads through English shaped by dogs, from internet doggo lingo to older surprises such as mutt. The mechanism is simple: each clue asks for a dog-related word, source, or coined blend. One clue starts with...
On our Facebook group, listeners play a game imagining what kind of plants might grow in a garden tended by various types of people. For example, a veterinarian might plant dogwood and catnip, and an ophthalmologist could plant irises. What might a...
If a big dog knocks you over, the joking term for that mishap is dogberg, a bit of slang inspired by the name of professional wrestler Bill Goldberg, who liked to finish off his opponents with his signature move called the spear, which involved...
Felines have inspired some picturesque terms. In parts of the Midwestern United States, the term cat beer can mean “milk.” The term cat hair is sometimes used as a synonym for “money,” and cat ice is “thin ice.”...
Barker’s egg is Australian slang for the dog poop you scoop up on a walk. The joke treats the barker, the dog, as if it had laid an egg, with a plastic bag standing by for the usual cleanup. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of...