What do you call the dirty frozen solid pack of brown snow that gets jammed in the wheel of a car in certain parts of the world during winter? Try crud, fenderbergs, carnacles, snow goblins, tire turds, or chunkers. This is part of a complete...
Are your Internet passwords bad enough to make the Worst Passwords List? An Internet security firm put out a list of bad ideas, and among them are things like baseball, football, car models, and your kid’s name. This is part of a complete...
It’s largely because of the way we feel while riding in a car or on a train that we use the prepositions in a car and on a train. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “In a Car vs. On a Train” Hello, you have A Way...
Rustle your jimmies is American slang for jolting someone out of a pleasant mood into irritation, disgust, fear, or outrage, the way an ugly social media post can interrupt a stream of baby photos and birthday wishes. The origin of jimmies here is...
Dave from Indianapolis asks about toodles, the informal goodbye he learned from his aunt and now uses despite raised eyebrows. The word is a shortened form of toodle-oo or toodaloo, and it has been around for more than a century as a form of leave...
Why are the names of cars so unimaginative? Grant argues that auto manufacturers might take inspiration from ornithology to build a better car name. (Then again, would you be any less aggravated if you were rear-ended by a lazuli bunting?) Also this...