News reports that the makers of Scrabble were changing the rules to allow proper names left some purists fuming. The rumors were false, but they got Grant thinking about idiosyncratic adaptations of the game’s rules. Also this week, the...
A listener in Brazil challenges Martha’s pronunciation of the odd English word antipodes. Their email exchange leads Martha to muse about a favorite collection of poems, where she first encountered this word.
boo-hoo breakfast n.— «By this time last year, the Spring Hill Elementary School PTA had welcomed teachers back to school with a breakfast, consoled sad parents with a boo-hoo breakfast and begun plans for the school’s fall festival...
boo-hoo breakfast n.— «It’s for that reason that for two years the Dove Elementary PTA has hosted a “Boo-Hoo Breakfast” to console parents—especially those of kindergarten students—on the first day of school for the last two...
boo-hoo breakfast n.— «The idea is to immediately begin teaching kindergartners the behaviors and habits they need to be successful. That means Mom and Dad can’t hover around. Many elementary schools around Northeast Florida have what are...
boo-boo face n. a pout or pouty facial expression; moue; boo-boo lip, an out-thrust lip. Editorial Note: Probably from the facial expression children make when they have a boo-boo ‘minor injury.’ (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)