Ahoy, listeners! In this past weekend’s show we talked about how reports that it’s the end of the line for the typewriter have been greatly exaggerated, about “founder” versus “flounder,” about names for winds...
potunia n.— «Hats off to the plant breeders at Dummen! They’ve bred a variety of petunias specifically for containers and pots, and I’m quite impressed with them. They are called potunias (huge surprise!) and produce a mass of both purple...
foaming n.— «About seven miles in the middle of the stretch between Kasilof and Bridge Access Road got a makeover last year, a project that involved grinding up the old pavement and injecting the mass with asphalt— a process called...
borrow leg v. phr.— «If I were you I would talk with her and if she doesn’t accept, brother borrow leg and run before we gather in your village to do funeral mass.» —“Re: Must We Make Love Every Day?” by...
spaghetti bowl n. a mass of complicated relationships within a group, system, or process; an intersection or interchange of many lines, pipes, roads, or railways. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
499 mail n.— «Voters in the 8th Congressional District are getting thousands of pieces of official mail in the weeks leading up to the election from Dave Reichert’s Congressional office. The mail is “franked,” meaning Reichert...