In northern England, mafting, a word of uncertain origin, means “oppressively hot” or “sweltering.” This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Mafting” Another weather word that’s used in the UK and that’s only been around since the 1990s is...
cutlet n.— «All the nurses had these pretend bosom things that we would put into these period bras. We called the devices chicken cutlets; they beefed everything up a little bit. But it was so hot some days that I would take my little cutlet out...
