A.J. Jacobs’ book The Puzzler: One Man’s Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life is a delightful celebration of the history and lure of all kinds of puzzles and puzzlers, from ancient riddles...
A bolt-hole is a place where you can escape to avoid people you don’t want to run into. This term for “a type of refuge” is used mainly in Britain, and refers to a place an animal might flee to if disturbed. This is part of a complete episode...
A San Antonio, Texas, listener lives in a house built by his grandfather, who was from Finland. The house has a small window in an upper corner that supposedly was designed to ensure that evil spirits could escape from the house. He thinks it’s...
supe truck n.—Gloss: Short for “supervisor.” «Hall ordered the crews to wait there, and he and Quinones jumped into the “supe truck” — a large, red 4X4 pickup — and went to meet the fire.» —“Captive fire crew escapes inferno but mourns loss” by...
To go “on the lam” means “to flee” or “attempt to elude capture.” But why lam? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “On The Lam” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hello there. This is Colleen Walsh from Lake Dallas, Texas. And I’d like...
jumping visa n.— «Two Vietnamese detainees escaped from Maribyrnong Detention Centre on Saturday and a third broke his leg trying to jump the fence yesterday. The two scaled the facility’s fence following a volleyball game. “They got a jumping...
