While on a road trip, a listener caught herself using the expression beat-feeting, as in We were beat-feeting it to New York and back. Might it have to do with the mode of transportation in the old Flintstones cartoon? This is part of a complete...
Dana in Reno, Nevada, wants a word for that moment when you’re playing cards or a board game and you draw what would have been the perfect card or tile for the previous turn you played. She suggests post-perfect pickup. Might there be others? Maybe...
What do parents say when they tuck their children in at night? How about “good night, sleep tight, and see you on the big drum”? Have you heard that one, which may have to do with an old regiment in the British Army? This is part of a complete...
What would you serve a group of musicians and cardiologists? How about beets? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Serving Up Beets” Grant, what would you serve if you had a bunch of musicians and cardiologists coming over for dinner...
barked
adj.— «“Barked,” an English term for a rough, beat-up copy of a book, is the way he’d described his life-worn friend.» —“Family and Friends at the Nines” by Diana Lind Ithaca Times (New York) May 9, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
thulp v. to overcome in a contest, sport, or fight; to beat, drub, or subdue; to finish off or exhaust. Editorial Note: Usually transitive: to thulp someone or something. Etymological Note: Often said to be a blend of “thump to a pulp.” (source:...