Ever had golden catheads for breakfast? A native of Tennessee wonders about the origin of this term meaning “biscuit” — specifically, ones that are light, fluffy, and about the size of, well, a cat’s head. Martha explains how the...
Dibby meant “fine” in slang collected from Brooklyn schoolgirls about a century ago for Dialect Notes, a journal that gathered regional word lists and glossaries. Much of that student slang vanished, including dibby, while some terms from the same...