Why is New York City called the Big Apple? In the 1920s, a writer named John Fitz Gerald used it in a column about the horseracing scene, because racetrack workers in New Orleans would say that if a horse was successful down South, they’d send it to...
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What came first, the color orange or the fruit? The original term is Sanskrit and refers to the fruit. As the fruit traveled west, the word came with it. Grant notes that, like the terms for parts of the body, the names of colors travel very well in...
A caller is curious about an expression her father liked to use “off in the giggleweeds.” What’s a giggleweed? And no, he didn’t mean marijuana. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Off in the Giggleweeds” Hi, you have A Way with Words...
mutt
v.— «The women get to fuck our guys while their husbands watch, and we get to fuck rich white women, really mutt ‘em out.» —“Meet the Mandingos” by Sanjiv Bhattacharya Details Blog Mar. 16, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
fuckle n.— «“Fuckles” are those people always at a con: those challenged souls who have no concept of correct behavior, acceptable vocal volume, appropriate subjects for conversation, or personal space.» —“Katsucon Sidebar: I’m Gonna Make You Fuck...
