It’s the Moby Dick of etymology: Where do we get the phrase “the whole nine yards”? A pediatrician in North Carolina wonders if it derives from a World War II phrase involving “nine yards” of ammunition. Grant and...
black aspirin n.— «I didn’t bother with the police that time just went round and counselled all of “em against it, offering plenty of “black aspirin” as medication should they need it.» —“Re: Dangerous...