Food that fell on the floor that you go ahead and eat anyway? That’s a floorio. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Floorios” I increase my vocabulary daily and today’s word is Florio. It’s food that you...
A small eating place where the food is not particularly good is sometimes called a grab-it-and-growl. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Grab-it-and-Growls” Grant, do you know what a grab it and growl is? A grab it and...
How wide are the gaps between your teeth? Wide enough to “eat corn on the cob through a picket fence?” This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Eating Corn through a Picket Fence” Kat emailed us and called us about...
If someone calls you a voracious reader, would you be flattered or insulted? And is it better to be a voracious reader of nonfiction rather than novels? The word voracious, which shares a root with devour and carnivore, might connote a lack of...
Do you start each day by "eating the frog"? Don't answer too quickly -- maybe you do and don't know it. "Eat the frog" means to do the most distasteful thing first. Imagine you were lost in the jungle and all...
Do pregnant women enjoy pickles and ice cream? Linguists from the American Dialect Society have been discussing this recently. They found that the expression pickles and ice cream once referred simply to the conjoining of two unrelated things, sort...