Alan in Columbia, South Carolina, says his family used the terms go juking and juking around to refer to hanging out with family and friends, moving around aimlessly, with no particular goal in mind. It’s related to the term juke, also spelled jook...
Why do we call a peanut a goober? The word comes from the Bantu languages of East Africa. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Goobers are Peanuts” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hello, my name is Emily Kirkland...
blue jacking n.— «At the age of 10 he sold newspapers in downtown Toledo.…They didn’t have a normal paper route like most kids, delivering to the same house every day in nice, quiet neighborhoods. This young boy and his friend...
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...
