During the late 19th and early 20th century, thousands of volunteers helped crowdsource the Oxford English Dictionary. This venerable reference work includes citations sent in by inventors, eccentrics, scientists and educators, an Arctic explorer —...
Mateo in Richmond, Virginia, is curious about a story he heard about the term paper tiger, meaning “something that looks fearsome or ferocious, but is actually flimsy or weak.” It’s not from Tiger, a type of German tank used during World War II...
Our Quiz Guy John Chaneski serenades us with a game of rewritten lyrics for Disney’s Frozen. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Fixer-Upper Word Game” You’re listening to A Way with Words, the show about language and how we use it...