Cher from Minneapolis, Minnesota, shares a funny story about her Alabama-born pastor, who was being welcomed to his new congregation with hot dish. The preacher had always understood the term hot dish as a slang term meaning “a sexy, scantily clad...
In nautical lore, Fiddler’s Green is the mythical place where dead mariners go to enjoy a life of leisure, with plenty of song, dancing, flirting, and rum. It may be tempting to connect this expression with mariners’ term fid, or a “tool for...
Lyricists take note: sweven is another term for a dream, which should come in handy when looking for words that rhyme with heaven, eleven, Devin, or leaven. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Sweven” I came across a lovely word the...
We all know the moon’s made of green cheese, but what’s the deal with the pie in the sky? The idiom pie in the sky, referring to something that’s pleasant to imagine but unattainable, comes from an early 20th century song called “The Preacher and...
Why do we say that someone who’s happy is in hog heaven? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Hog Heaven” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hi, my name is Jackie. I’m in Dallas. Hiya, Jackie. Welcome to the program. Thanks. I’m calling...
heavenly jukebox n.— «This heavenly jukebox, as it is sometimes called, will hold the contents of every record store in the world, all of it instantly accessible from any desktop.» —“The Heavenly Jukebox” by Charles C. Mann The Atlantic Sept., 2000...
