A Virginia listener says that often when she’d leave the house, her grandfather would tell her Remember you belong to the land of the blue hen’s chicken. What in the world did that mean? The feisty blue hen is the state bird of Delaware. This is...
scamping n.— «The regulation, aimed at protecting U.S. waters from the unintentional introduction of non-native species, requires ship owners to remove all “fouling organisms”— such as grass, moss and mussels—from the hull, piping and tanks “on a...
get it clapping v. phr.— «The women said they asked Porter why he had his hands in his sweatshirt pocket and that he said “this is why” and pulled out a small silver handgun. Porter allegedly told the women, “I’ll get it clappin’ in here,” which is...
croom v.— «Did Mike Shula just get Croomed? Shula is the guy Alabama hired over Croom four years ago. Alabama went 10-2 last year, but what’s Shula done lately? With all those resources and all that money, he’s 6-4 overall, 2-4 in the league—and...
chunking n.— «The crew put out a chum slick and tossed out cut pieces of menhaden—a technique called “chunking.” The crew ran two baits at the surface and two near the bottom. The surface baits were routinely destroyed by bluefish.» —“Here’s a drum...
cultchless adj.— «The Chesapeake Bay Foundation, for example, stood by as nearly 750,000 such “cultchless” oysters were eaten by cow-nosed rays in two days earlier this spring at a reef site on the Piankatank River. Cultchless is another term for a...