Harry from Falls Church, Virginia, wonders about the many meanings and uses of the words troll and trolling. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Trolls and Trolling” Hi, you have A Way with Words. Good afternoon. This is...
Those little musical interludes on radio programs, particularly public radio shows, go by lots of names, including stinger, button, bumper, and bridge. By the way, the fellow who chooses and inserts them in our show is our engineer and technical...
The word fulsome has undergone some real semantic changes over the years. It used to mean “excessive, overly full” negatively, but it’s come to have positive connotations for some, who think it means “copious” or “abundant.” It’s a word that...