gapology
n.— «As a student of gapology, I was both thrilled and puzzled by the sudden appearance of the gender gap.…As a gapologist, I enjoyed seeing the upstart science of fenestrology embarrassed. Still, things were distressingly quiet on the gap front until suddenly the gender gap appeared.» —“The Gap’s Progress” by Russell Baker New York Times June 18, 1983. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Nancy Gabriel from Ithaca, New York, recalls her father’s no-nonsense responses to minor injuries when she was a child: After making sure she was really all right, he’d say, It’s far enough from your heart; it won’t kill you. Other times he...
A listener in Unadilla, New York, says her husband, whose family is French-Canadian, uses the phrase That burns my onions when something irritates him. There are several kitchen-related metaphors used to express anger, including that steams my...