The origins of the peace symbol, why we say someone who’s enthusiastic is gung ho, a tasty spin on stuffed foccacia that originated in eastern Sicily, curling parents, sharking and other words for driving around a parking lot looking for a...
The low, wheeled device that auto mechanics use to slide under a car is called a creeper. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “A Creeper” Somebody told me she had a dream about a bed and a person she knows shot out of the...
This week, McGimpers, geetus, and other underworld lingo from the 1930s. Crime novelist James Ellroy stops by to talk slang terms and reveals his own favorite. Also, is the expression “Hear, hear!” or “Here, here!”? Is it...