We’ve talked before about the term wasband, as in, ex-husband. A caller suggests another good term for that fellow: penultimate husband. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Penultimate Husband” Grant, remember when we had a call...
We need a common word for “the parents of your son-in-law or daughter-in-law.” Although English has the word affines, it’s rarely used outside of such fields as anthropology or psychiatry. Other languages have more commonly used terms for “your...
When it’s raining and sunny at the same time, Brazilians say there’s a marriage between a fox and a nightingale, and South Africans say it’s a monkey’s wedding. Those images are far happier than an American phrase for the same meteorological...
If a fellow’s getting married, you might say he’s getting himself another rib. What slang do you have for getting hitched? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Get Another Rib” Here’s an expression for getting married that I didn’t...
When it comes to marriage, you’ve got to work with your OH — that is, your other half. Lexicographers for the Oxford English Dictionary are tracking this initialism, as well as DH, or dear husband, for possible inclusion in future editions. This is...
There are some words we just love to mispronounce, like “spatula” as “spatular,” which rhymes with “bachelor.” This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Intentional Mispronounciation” Do you remember that program that we did quite a while...