Ryan in Ketchikan, Alaska, heard two friends say they’d come to his museum exhibit opening dressed in bells, a playful twist on the much more common with bells on. The usual phrase means showing up eagerly, ready to add to the fun, not merely...
Jan in Ketchikan, Alaska, says when she worked in a hospital in Maine, co-workers described a patient with a low pain threshold or otherwise reluctant to move about as spleeny. New Englanders in particular use the term spleeny to mean fussy...
What do you call that force that keeps you lounging on the couch rather than get up the energy to go outdoors? A listener calls it house gravity. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “House Gravity” Mark Hanslick of...
heartstick n.— «Some pounds throw both dogs and cats in together for gassing. Other pounds use a method called heartstick where a lethal dose of medication is injected into the heart. Unfortunately, it is often not done correctly...