As early as World War II, the retorts How about an egg in your beer? and What do you want, egg in your beer? have served as sarcastic retorts to people who complain about even the smallest of difficulties or hardships. This is part of a complete...
Here’s a word unit palindrome to drop at a party: Escher drawing hands drew hands drawing Escher. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Word Unit Palindrome” We talked on an earlier show about word unit palindromes...
What’s the name for that little dent in your upper lip? It’s called a “philtrum.” Martha reveals the erotic origins of this word, and proves once again that etymology is nothing if not sexy. Transcript of “The Love...