Forensic linguists use what they know about speech and writing to testify in courtrooms. And get out your hankies! Martha and Grant are talking about the language of … sneezing. And what do you call it when you clean the house in a hurry...
Danny from Tallahassee, Florida, works out four or five days a week and wonders about the slang he hears at the gym. Jacked, meaning muscular or pumped up, may be tied to senses of jack meaning to lift, raise, or increase, as with a car jack...