Hello, friends — Good news! Our mini-podcast with Will Shortz is now on the “A Way with Words” site. Will created this quiz about anagrams and slang just for AWWW listeners. Give it a try: On to this week’s show: spoonerisms...
Martha shares more clever collective plant names, including a “mommy of poppies.” This is part of a complete episode.
mommy makeover n.— «Dr. David A. Stoker, a plastic surgeon in Marina Del Rey, Calif., has a surgical cure for the ravages of motherhood. He, like many plastic surgeons nationwide, calls it a “mommy makeover.” Aimed at mothers, it usually...
mommy factor n.— «With U.S. soldiers and Marines now serving 15-month combat tours, with casualties on the increase, and with deployments to a combat zone a virtual certainty for new soldiers, military experts blame the “Mommy...
tiger mark n.— «I call my amazing stretch marks my “Tiger Marks.” (ROoooaarrrr!) I love them except when they itch.» —“Introduction…got long!” by mommy2katy MSN Groups: APhearts Oct. 9, 2002...
massage à trois n.— «Barre never dreamed that the $130 “massage a trois” designed for husbands and wives would appeal to mothers and daughters. “It’s become a mommy and me bonding thing,” she says of the two-hour...