If you’ve never dined on funistrada, braised trake, or buttered ermal, you’re not missing out, nor are you alone. All of those are made-up food names that were part of a 1972 survey given to thousands of members of the U.S. military to determine...
Who coined supercalifragilisticexpialidocious? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hi, this is Gillian. I’m calling from Fort Worth, Texas. How are you? Great...
Did Gary Owen invent the word insegrevious? And is there a category for words that can mean anything you want them to? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Insegrevious as a Nonsense Word with No Fixed Meaning” Hi, you have A Way with...

