A woman in Gainesville, Florida, says her father and his partner have an ongoing Scrabble feud over rebeheaded. Is it a word? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Rebeheaded” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hi, my name is...
Janie in Gainesville, Florida, remembers her grandmother Othella Mae Hatfield’s Appalachian version of an old anti-wishing proverb: “Wish in one hand and tacky in the other, and tell me which one gets full first.” Tacky here is probably a family...
grenade n.— «The problem was the third leg of this female tripod: the grenade. Now, this is a term my roommates and I use to describe the friend of the hot girls who was not blessed with the same physique as her head-turning counterparts...
cover n.— «Many restaurants serve twice as many “covers” (that’s diners in kitchen parlance) as they do in a normal shift. That puts an amazing strain on everyone—reservationists, prep cooks, chefs, bartenders, servers—even...
hypermiler v.— «If i really had to comment on that, i’d say that if driven for the most milage (like he says…it gets what it gets, he doestn drive it like a hypermiler) it could get more.» —“Turobocharged Insight” by...
butt hut n.— «Another Gainesville smoker, Cerce Destin, 18, relaxed at one of the SFCC designated smoking locations, a place she dubs the “butt hut.”» —“Annual anti-smoking event helps kick the habit” by Sarah...