When it comes to joining Facebook affinity groups, grammar lovers have lots of choices. Take, for example, the group whose motto is “Punctuation saves lives.” It’s called “Let’s Eat Grandma!” or “Let’s eat, Grandma!” Martha and Grant talk about...
Ever notice how you can sing the lyrics of “Amazing Grace” to the theme from “Gilligan’s Island”—or for that matter, to “The House of the Rising Sun”? Turns out there are many more examples of this. Is there a word for this musical phenomenon? (Did...
wingery
n.— «One night, arriving or dinner at The Buffalo Wingery, Rob and Nancy ran into Randy and Sue sitting at the bar.» —by Garrison Keillor We Are Still Married: Stories and Letters Mar. 15, 1989. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)