A caller has a friendly disagreement with a pal: Is the expression “tide me over” or “tie me over”? Hint: The answer she gets should tide her over. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Tide Me Over” Hello, you have A Way with Words...
black-ccent n.— «With his light skin, African father and white mother, and only faint hint of what I call a “black-ccent”—the subtle vocal quality that makes most black Americans identifiable as black over the phone (yes, one can “sound black.”...
spud juice n.— «Intoxicating liquor, called “spud juice,” was manufactured on a large scale in the prison.» —“Hint Convicts Got Night Off to Kill a Man” by James Doherty in Lansing, Mich. Chicago Daily Tribune July 25, 1945. (source: Double-Tongued...
Blunkett n.— «My best friend has been with her boyfriend for over two years and when she lightly dropped a hint of something more permanent in the New Year, he freaked. She is now back on the singles market. After all that investment—emotional...
boo-ya n.— «Ok, I almost got the analogy…Here’s a hint for ya’ll: the plastic bag is a jim hat. Buildings is the boo-ya (my roomie’s term for “it”) But I can’t figure out how pink cookies is supposed to look like a jimmy. Can some one explain that...