Betsy in Virginia Beach, Virginia, asks about her family’s word goonus, fondly used for loose, soft flesh on people or animals, from baby thigh rolls to the flap that swings under a cat’s belly. It does not appear in the literature consulted, and it...
Don’t call these dogs mutts: they’re bassadors, schnugs and dalmadoodles. This is part of a complete episode. You’re listening to A Way with Words, the show about language and how we use it. I’m Grant Barrett. And I’m...
bascottie n.— «A basset hound had been bred with a Scottie to make a “bascottie,” pronounced like biscotti, the hard biscuit usually dunked in coffee.» —“24 animals are removed from Lodi home; officers say conditions...
