Quiz Guy Greg Pliska has a word quiz about words and phrases that have two sets of a double letter. Here’s an example with a one-word answer: “The place where you learn ‘the three R’s.'” This is part of a complete...
Need a word for the place on your back that you can’t reach to scratch? Martha has it for you. This is part of a complete episode.
A riddle: There’s a place where yesterday follows today, and tomorrow’s in the middle. Where is it? This is part of a complete episode.
One place where spelling really counts: on a job application. Martha shares some painfully funny proof. This is part of a complete episode.
Chicken bog isn’t a bird name, nor is it a place. It’s a dish of rice, chicken, country sausage, and lots of black pepper, found primarily in the Southeast. It sometimes goes by the name chicken perlow or pillow or pilau. A South...
stewburner n.—Gloss: a person who works in a naval commissary. «Henry Gagne was in the squadron about four months when he decided he wanted to be a stewburner, or in naval parlance, a commissaryman. So he worked in the chow hall.» —“...