Some college students are using the word loyalty as a synonym for monogamy. Are the meanings of these words now shifting? Plus, a biologist discovers a new species of bat, then names it after a poet he admires. Also, warm memories of how a childhood...
What famous U.S. poet has a bat named in her honor? Hint: it’s Micronycteris giovanniae. This leaf-nosed bat was named by Texas Tech biologist Rober Baker, who happens to be a big fan of the work of Nikki Giovanni. The renowned poet has said she’s...
A few weeks ago, a listener was looking for a term to describe the copy of The Emperor’s New Clothes that he’d read many times as a child. In this picture book, the naughty bits were always cleverly covered up. Thinking he wanted a synonym for “fig...
Need a Scrabble word with q or z? Grant shares some of his favorite legal Scrabble words: qi (the circulating life force in Chinese philosophy), qat (a leaf chewed in some cultures for stimulating effects), and za (a shortening of the word “pizza”)...
supreme v.— «Other citrus presentations include a sauteed free-range chicken, served with oven-roasted supremed orange wedges, and meat dishes flavored and garnished with house-preserved lemons—slashed fruit put up in jars with tons of coarse salt...
decapitation strategy n.— «Decapitation strategy. Sensitive souls will be surprised this was dreamed up by portly Lib Dem campaign director, Lord Rennard, who took a leaf out of the Pentagon’s book to describe beheading the Conservatives by...