Quiz Guy John Chaneski serves up a Common Bonds puzzle, in which the object is to guess the common idea in each of three things. For example, what’s the one word that connects a grade on a report card, USDA inspected beef, and an incline? This...
Why do we call a frankfurter a hot dog? It seems an unsettling 19th-century rumor is to blame. Also, if someone quits something abruptly, why do we say they quit cold turkey? This term’s roots may lie in the history of boxing. Plus, a...
Sally from Portage, Wisconsin, wonders why quitting abruptly and without aid is called quitting cold turkey. The phrase is often linked to withdrawal symptoms and the goosebumped skin of a plucked bird, but the chronology points elsewhere. Its...