If you think they refer to umbrellas as bumbershoots in the UK, think again. The word bumbershoot actually originated in the United States! In Britain, it’s prolly a brolly. • Also: snow-grooming language, more than one way to say bagel...
Tony, a plumber and pipefitter in Escanaba, Michigan, uses dead nuts when he and his coworkers finish a pipe layout exactly where it needs to be. The nuts in that expression has nothing to do with testicles. Instead, dead is the same emphasizing...