Jill from Maryville, Missouri, and her 11-year-old son Ryan are wondering about the phrases I have a hankering to do something and I’m fixing to do something. Growing up in East Central Nebraska, Jill heard family and friends use them synonymously...
Stephen in Wilmington, North Carolina, called about hankering and unbolted cornmeal. A hankering is a strong desire for something, and the word goes back to at least the early 1600s. It’s related to hang, as in hanging around hoping for something...
