What’s your choice for 2010’s word of the year? Mama grizzly? Starwhacker? Who could forget vuvuzela? Martha and Grant discuss the five-oh in Hawaii 5-0, and whether the tagline “I approve this message” is grammatical. Also, is the phrase “it is...
An Indianapolis newspaperman complains about his colleagues’ use of the phrase I’m efforting that. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “I’m Efforting That” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hi, how are you? Great, who’s this? This is...
A Facebook newbie asks if it’s okay to misspell words on purpose when communicating via social media. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Intentionally Misspelled Words” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hi, this is John Melton. Hi...
Text-messaging is destroying our kids’ ability to write, right? Wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Texting and Writing Ability” You’re listening to A Way with Words. I’m Martha Barnette. And I’m Grant...
kiddie coke n.— «That is not to mention Ritalin—now referred to as “Kiddie Coke” on the street. A psychotropic drug prescribed to millions of children, Ritalin is today a bestselling drug.» —“Solution to World-Wide Drug Abuse Starts at Grass Roots...
obitutainment n.— «It may say that people are avidly interested in “obitutainment,” a term for celebrity death news coined in the Kurt Anderson novel “Turn of the Century” and reprised by Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” last week in a parody of...