What would you wear to an ABC party? Hint: the letters stand for “Anything But Clothes.” Any guesses what you’d wear to a tight-and-bright party? Martha gives a taste of the college party terminology from a slang collection compiled by Penn State...
Gina in Dallas wonders where her Louisiana family got croaker, their slang term for a $100 bill. The evidence is scant, but known examples point mostly to Louisiana, and standard dictionaries apparently do not include this sense. One plausible...
Wally’s keyboard riddle asks for the longest English word that can be typed using only the left hand on an English keyboard. A key clue: it’s the plural of an older occupational term for people on airplanes, the job title now generally replaced by...
What word in the English language is an anagram of itself? Hint: It’s a trick question. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “What Is the Word That Anagrams Itself?” Grant, we got this question from Neil in Boston. What word is an...
In this week’s puzzle, Quiz Guy John Chaneski is looking for phrases in which the only vowel is the letter “A.” Try this clue: “This person said, ‘I have spent all my life with dance and being a dancer. It’s permitting life to use you in a very...
Quiz Guy Greg Pliska presents a quiz about “False Plurals,” based on the old riddle: What plural word becomes singular when you put the letter “s” at the end of it? (Hint: Think of a brand of tennis racket, as well as the former name of a musical...