The artists at Walt Disney Studios considered a long list of possible characters before settling upon the final seven dwarves in the Snow White movie. Also-rans included Nifty, Dirty, Goopy, Wheezy, and Chesty. Quiz Guy John Chaneski has created a...
The mouthful supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is often associated with the song by the same name in the 1964 movie Mary Poppins. But versions of this word were around for decades, including in a 1949 song called...
Apple core, Baltimore! Who’s your friend? is a playground-style apple-core tossing chant, which Travis in Madison, Wisconsin, heard from his father well into adulthood. In one version, the apple eater calls out the rhyme, waits for someone to name a...
Our Quiz Guy John Chaneski serenades us with a game of rewritten lyrics for Disney’s Frozen. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Fixer-Upper Word Game” You’re listening to A Way with Words, the show about...
Springtime is the right time to feel twitterpated. That is, smitten like a nutty, twittering bird. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Feeling Twitterpated” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hi, this is Tina Marie calling...
Grant and Martha discuss more goofy names for lipstick. Mauvelous Memories, anyone? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Creative Lipstick Shades” Martha, I know we had a talk about this before, but there are some other...
