Patricia Wentworth’s 1937 mystery The Case is Closed (Bookshop|Amazon) includes a character who disparages others as being dreepy or a dreep. These words are Dreep and dreepy are Scottish dialect versions of drip and drippy and have to do with...
The lovely English word stilliform, or “drop-shaped,” comes from Latin stilla, meaning “drop,” the source also of distill and instill. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Stilliform Means Drop-Shaped” I think one of the most beautiful...
Those annoying add-on fees that come at the end of an online transaction are part of a lucrative practice known as drip pricing. The word drip has become a descriptor for anything that slowly increases revenue. For example, drip marketing involves...
In medical terminology, the abbreviation GTTS means “drops” or “drips.” But why? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “GTTS” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hi, my name is Susan. I’m normally in Madison, Wisconsin, but I’m calling...