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...
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 language and how we use it...
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 from sunny...
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 lipstick names...
windowing n.— «If you want to watch new episodes of “Rescue Me,” which airs on News Corp.‘s FX, you’ve got to be patient, then act fast. New episodes don’t show up on Hulu until eight days after they premiere on the cable channel, but they don’t...
Martha and Grant revisit the “apple core, Baltimore” game they discussed a few episodes ago. Many listeners learned it from this Donald Duck cartoon. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Apple Core, Baltimore Game” Not too long ago, we...
