There's a new online-only episode of "A Way with Words" today: a half-hour "New Word Open Mic" from the 2007 Dictionary Society of North America conference, during which all comers were invited to step up to the...
In June, Grant attended the biennial meeting of the Dictionary Society of North America. One of the highlights was the New Word Open Mic where anybody was invited to step up to the microphone and submit a new word they had coined or found. Grant was...
drive stun n.— «The gun looks like a water pistol so it can’t be mistaken for a firearm, Higgins said. A battery powering a microphone and camera linked to a built-in computer chip snap into the handle so that any use of the gun can be...
woolybooger n.— «“Why, we’re liable to be here until the Fourth of July,” declared Rep. John Levergood of Shawness and woollybooger fame. Levergood considers himself a watchdog in the House and bounces to the microphone to denounce...
tanker yanker n.— «Grabbing his CB microphone, he hollered: “Hey, tanker yanker, ya’ got a copy?”» —“The Chilling Tale Of A Trucker-Turned-Writer” by Bard Lindeman The Record (New Jersey) Aug...
red light fever n. 1. excitement or unusual behavior when confronting a recording device, specifically: nervousness, giddiness, or talkativeness in front of a live microphone or video camera; the desiring or seeking of media attention. 2. in...