A caller sends Grant and Martha off on a slang-infested trip about ways of saying a fast good-bye. Listen as they blow pop, popcorn, and taco stands by way of author Jim Harrison, the comic strip Funky Winkerbean, and a Warhol hanger-on. As a small...
chestal adj.— «Dr. Greene’s assistant, Igor, ran what appeared to be an old coat hanger up my chestal cavity.» —“Thanks For The (Sometimes Dubious) Memories” by Rick Anderson Seattle Times (Washington) Oct...
hanger fix n.— «Felix told me the way he dealt with those. He called it a “hanger fix.” When he was told to correct something that he thought didn’t need fixing, he’d hang the pattern behind his table (where we kept all of our...
chamcha n. a sycophant, toady, or hanger-on. Etymological Note: From the Hindi and Urdu word for ‘spoon.’ (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
limb hanger n. a male turkey with long heel spurs. Editorial Note: Long spurs on a jake are correlated with the maturity and size of the bird. Etymological Note: See the last 2004 cite. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
limb hanger n.— «The real limb-hangers are four or five years old or more, and chances are most of them get whipped regularly by two- and three-year old birds.» —by Richard P. Combs Advanced Turkey Hunting Feb. 1, 2002...
