Need a good Scrabble word? Grant shares some of his favorites. Also, why do we call those classic screwball films madcap comedies? And what does it mean to walk in a crocodile? Plus mondegreens, naval slang, learned vs learnt, and “No way...
What’s the source of the phrase “No way, Jose”? And who in the world is Jose? Although in this call Grant says the expression doesn’t show up in print until 1973, he has since found it in a college newspaper in 1966 and no doubt it is probably older...