Mike from Irving, Texas, has a co-worker who regularly uses brung instead of brought. Is it okay to say “he brung something”? The word brung is a dialectal variant that has existed alongside brought for centuries. It appears in the informal phrase...
Quiz Guy Greg Pliska has a Grant and Martha version of The Odd Man Out Game, wherein one term doesn’t belong in the list of four. Take Martha, Irving, Denzel, and Booker. Which one doesn’t fit? It’s Irving, because...
Romosexual n.— «Cowboys fans—some of whom have taken to calling themselves “Romosexuals”—love the way he has sparked their team back into playoff contention.» —“Football: Cowboys’ Romo to keep juices...
gauging n.— «The nearby Irving, Grand Prairie and DeSoto districts also ban grills, and some also address gauging—the process of placing increasingly large items in the ears to stretch the lobes.» —“Dallas-area school district bans...
sack dance n.— «I thought Mark Gastineau’s “sack dance” broght the rule for over-celebration. As for the “end-zone celebration” penalty…a Washington-Dallas game at Irving triggered the rule.» —“Re:...
chicken-in-the-basket n.— «Wearing a beaded scarlet top and black skirt, she began with the Irving Berlin standard “Blue Skies,” which suffered rough treatment at the hands of a ruinous chicken-in-the-basket funk rhythm...
