The rustic expression ring-tailed tooter applies to someone or something outstanding in some way. The term ring-tailed does most of the work here, inspired by the way a ring-tailed animal is more striking than one without such distinctive markings...
This week: Do you ever find yourself less-than-specific about your age? Listeners share some of their favorite phrases for fudging that number, like: “Oh, I’m 29, plus shipping and handling.” Also in this episode: • Since ancient times, people have...
In Appalachia, the term handful of minutes refers to something small, as in, “She’s no bigger than a handful of minutes.” This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Handful of Minutes” Here’s a sweet little term from Appalachia, handful of...
If you don’t have anything nice to say, say it like Shakespeare: Thou unhandsome smush-mouthed mush-rump! Thou obscene rug-headed hornbeast! The Shakespeare Insult Generator helps you craft creative zingers by mixing and matching the Bard’s own...
Rump-fed is a posterior-minded insult for someone whose rump looks amply nourished — less than callipygian, in other words. It’s one of the many mix-and-match barbs in the Shakespeare Insult Generator, which can turn out combinations such as thou...
Is it time to replace the expression “the mentally ill”? Some argue the term unfairly stigmatizes a broad range of people. Also, the winter sport of… skitching, which involves snowy roads, leather shoes — and car bumpers. Needless to say, don’t try...
