This week’s Slang This! contestant grapples with the slang terms squish and optempo. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Squish and Optempo” You’re listening to A Way with Words. I’m Grant Barrett. And...
optempo adj.— «“Optempo,” as soldiers refer to the pace of military life, is fast; poetry helps cadets inured to racing from one activity to another uncover those intricate details perceptible only at slower speeds.» —“In the Valley...