Brand names, children’s games, and the etiquette of phone conversations. Those clever plastic PEZ dispensers come in all shapes and sizes—but where did the word PEZ come from? The popular candy’s name is the product of wordplay involving the German...
Why does the playground taunt neener, neener, neener have a familiar singsongy melody? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Neener neener neener” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hello, this is Brett Barbaro. I’m in San Diego...