shoefiti
n.— «
Shoefiti…Beginning last fall, I started sending “Street Light Outage” reports to Xcel
whenever I spotted a pair of shoes on lines in our fair city.
» —“Shoefiti” by Ed Kohler in Minneapolis Mpls—Minneapolis Issues Forum June 27, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
What’s up with ketchup? The shifting history and spelling of the name of this condiment. For centuries, ketchup was a fishy sauce originating in Asia—the tomatoes came only later! Plus, a new book shows what’s lost when a language dies: when there...
In 1916, a small-town newspaper in Pennsylvania printed a fanciful item about a local gathering with a guest list that included, among others, Miss Ella Vader, Mr. Ray Zor, and other punny names. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of...
