Sensuous words and terms of endearment. Think of a beautiful word. Now, is it simply the word’s sound that makes it beautiful? Or does its appeal also depend on meaning? Also, pet names for lovers around the world: You might call your beloved...
A listener in Billings, Montana, wonders about two of her boyfriend’s favorite slang terms: clutch and dank. Clutch most likely derives from the world of sports, where a clutch play requires peak performance from an athlete, giving rise to...
reef v.— «I spun the clutch with my electric starter when I first got the machine. When I went in to tighten it up, I used a dowel in the carb throat and really reefed on it. This may have caused the fan to distort and result in the...