redball
n.— «“Redball” is an old railroad term meaning priority freight.» —“‘Red Ball Express’ Supplied Patton’s Drive Toward Germany” in Washington, D.C. All American Patriots Feb. 2, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Responding to our discussion about thin places, those spots where the boundary between this world and other realities seems narrow or permeable, a listener in Kirkland, Washington, sent us some eloquent thoughts about her own experiences of that...
Kim from Council Bluffs, Iowa, notes that kırmızı, the Turkish word for “red,” sounds a lot like the English word crimson. Are they related? Yes! Both derive from a word for the insect whose scientific name is Kermes vermilio. The English words...