A caller wonders about the origin of gedunk or geedunk, which means “ice cream” or “a snack bar” where you might buy sweets. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Where Did the Navy Term “Gedunk” for a...
Fellow wordivas and wordudes, This week on A Way with Words we start a brand-new season! To celebrate, we noodled with anagrams, including the one in the title of this episode. Listen here. Also on the show: A New York City schoolteacher asks...
A Way with Words is starting a brand-new season! Find out what a motorcyclist wears to keep from getting sunburned– is it a do-rag or a dew-rag? A listener wonders “Why is an undesirable task called a g-job?” Martha shares a trick...
Another caller snickers over a newscaster’s attempt to pronounce the word homage. Which of the six ways is best? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Six Ways to Pronounce Homage” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hi...
bar-chef n.— «Naran and Jacob are what people call these days “Bar-Chefs.” I just call them bartenders. Whatever they’re called, the show takes these two Australians across the globe to see the sights and mix alcoholic...
flake n.— «A flake of hay is about 20 lbs so each cow would get about a 1â„4 of a flake.» —“Feeding” by School of Veterinary Medicine in University of Wisconsin-Madison SVM Dairy Teaching Herd—Employee...