Welcome to another edition of the "A Way with Words" newsletter! Remember Tom, the guy who's still trying to recall a word he insists he learned long ago? He said it meant "the points on a compass." We spoke to him on the air...
flymph n.— «Veron “Pete” Hidy, who fished often with Liesenring and who put into print, in the original edition, Big Jim’s ideas and knowledge of wet fly fishing, has added three new chapters on “Flymph” fishing in...
abby n.— «Have you seen this week’s edition of Newsweek? It’s all about the boomer generation—of which I am one of them. According to the article, boomers have played a key roll in defining every decade since the 50’s. First we were...
dead tree n.— «You sure aint gonna get a lot from just this small excerpt of The Book. I suggest, and it’d be in your slack-gaining ways’ best interest, to spend ANOTHER $$ on the dead tree edition. It’s slightly more verbose.» —“Re:...
feature well n.— «If the “feature well” (as it’s known in the business) had merely consisted of Ms. Barnett’s usual pontificating, perhaps this week’s edition could have avoided both insult and injury.» —“The Stranger: A...
KenTacoHut n.— «Many places in our game-world will not serve you if you are heavily modified. try to exist where even KenTacoHut shows you the door.» —“Re: [CP 2020] Third edition suggestions” by Douglas E...