Gawpy is an old term for “foolish,” and refers to the image of a person gaping stupidly. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Gawpy” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hi, Martha. Hi. This is Oliver in Chicago. Hello, Oliver in Chicago...
O heavy lightness! Serious vanity! Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms! Andrew in Dallas enjoys oxymorons, expressions that yoke contradictory ideas into a single phrase. The word oxymoron is from Greek for “pointedly foolish,” and everyday...
dance of the lemons n. the repeated reassignment of bad teachers to different classes or schools. Also turkey trot. Editorial Note: Lemon, meaning “a person who is disappointing, foolish, untrustworthy, inept, or the like” (1997, Historical...
