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How to Say Sorry

How do you pronounce the word sorry? SORE-ee? SAHR-ee? A Connecticut woman says her family pronounces this word four different ways, and is hoping her way is correct. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of β€œHow to Say Sorry” Hello, you...

cocktail sip

cocktail sip Β n.β€”Β Β«Indeed, he made no mention of it at all. Thompson spoke at an annual social sponsored by the Friends of Barbados DLP Association, the party’s New York branch headed by Lennox Price. Held at Nazareth Hall High School in Brooklyn...

necklace light

necklace light Β n.β€”Β Β«The lights on the bridge cables, in a colorful bit of shop talk, are called β€œnecklace lights.” The phrase, or a variation of it, appears to have been around for a couple of decades (a caption on a 1981 New York Times photo by...

BC wheel

BC wheel Β n.β€”Β Β«And Shane Hope, an artist who lives in Brooklyn, glided by on what he called a BC wheel, which is essentially a unicycle without a seat or pedals.Β»Β β€”β€œHave Wheel, Will Travel” by David K. RandallΒ New York TimesΒ July 3, 2007. (source:...

creeper

creeper Β n.β€”Β Β«A 32-year-old woman told police last week that a cunning creeper made his way into her 5th Avenue apartment, taking only her $400 blue hybrid road bike.Β»Β β€”β€œBike burgle” Park Slope CourierΒ (Brooklyn, New York)Β May 18, 2007. (source:...

there guitar

there guitar Β n.β€”Β Β«Tonight one of Conan’s guests was perennial air guitar contest runner-up, Bjorn Turock (sp?). In the course of the interview, Bjorn bristled at Conan’s inquiry as to what air guitarists call β€œreal” guitars. Restating the question...