Grant shares online sites that can help you solve a difficult crossword puzzle or anagram words to help you get the highest scores in Scrabble. WordNavigator and Wordsmith.org’s anagram server. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of...
One-off means something made or done just once. John in Bremerton, Washington, first noticed it on a British-based online forum, and the term is apparently British in origin. It appears to come from manufacturing, where since about the 1930s, a...
Wii knee n.— «It is being reported that people who picked up the habit of playing Wii games, innocently thinking that they are just playing some silly little sports game, are finding themselves with the fractures and sprains, that...
It started as a typo for “own,” now it’s entrenched in online slang. A Kentucky caller is curious about pwn. It rhymes with “own” and means “to defeat” or “to triumph over.” Our hosts talk about...
toke n.— «Groups of UAW members were stationed at several points along the busy road, including directly across from the new casino, a gaming site that some dealers said would be costing them tips—or as they call them tokes—in coming...
A listener who recently played in a Boggle tournament wants to know why we speak of seeding such a competition. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Seeding a Competition” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hi there, this is...