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Episode 1616

Folding Money

Barbara Kingsolver’s book Demon Copperhead is a retelling of Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield set in today’s Appalachia. Martha shares memories of a long-ago visit to Kingsolver’s family farm in Virginia, where they...

Going to Dad for Folding Money or Stackola

Ty in Nashville, Tennessee, has fond memories of his dad handing him what he called folding money. This term simply refers to bills, rather than coins. Other versions include folding dough, folding stuff, folding matter, folding green, folding...

Starting Sentences With So in Church

Why does it seem that more and more people start responses to a question with the word so? After hearing our discussion about sentence-initial so, a Nashville, Tennessee, churchgoer calls to say that he often hears something similar at the beginning...

thermage

thermage  n.— «Another technology called thermage may help. “We’re pulsing at multi-layers of collagen, from the top all the way down, and then into the fat,” dermatologist Dr. Christine Glavey said. It uses radiofrequency to...

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