Here’s an intriguing proverb: Moonlight doesn’t dry any mittens. What do you think it means? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Moonlight Doesn’t Dry Mittens” I found an intriguing saying in a book of Proverbs. It’s moonlight doesn’t...
A Carmel, Indiana, teacher is puzzled to hear younger colleagues pronounce the words kitten and mitten as KIH-un and MIH-un, with a noticeable break between the syllables. Linguist David Eddington of Brigham Young University reports that this...
squish mitten n.— «His euphemism of choice for, you know, lady parts is “squish mitten.” He does not hesitate to ask a six-year-old girl some really inappropriate questions about her “special place” (for the sake of medicine, of course).» —“House...
fart in a mitten n.— «Such terms would, understandably, have the Broadcasting Standards people “jumping about like a fart in a mitten,” in the phrase that [Reinhold] Aman cited in 1984.» —“Lingua Franca: One Hell Of An Insult…“ by David...
fart in a mitten n.— «Here’s a saying I had previously only encountered within my family, particularly my grandparents who grew up in Southern Indiana. The usage I am familiar with always conveyed restlessness, frenetic energy. “You are bouncing...
fart in a mitten n.— «I have lived in the Ozarks twelve years now, so I did not say thank you and leave.…“Seems like folks come in looking for parts and interrupting all the time. Got me as fussed as fart in a mitten.”» —by Sue Hubbell A Country...
