Lacy from Virginia Beach, Virginia, says her Lebanese in-laws often use the expression ya’aburnee when addressing an adorable child. Literally it translates as “may you bury me,” the idea being that the child is so precious one...
As Mark Twain observed, “The compliment that helps us on our way is not the one that is shut up in the mind, but the one that is spoken out.” Martha describes a compliment challenge her friends are taking up on Facebook, with happy...
In Wisconsin, a slippery Jim is a kind of pickle. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Slippery Jims” Grant, another Wisconsin term for you. Do you know what a slippery gem is? A slippery gem? No. Kind of newt? Candy bar...