If the word consecutively doesn’t feel exciting enough, there’s always hand-running. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Hand-Running” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hi, my name is Jan Haller. I’m...
What do you call a guy with a bald pate? A chrome dome? Maybe the lucky fellow is sporting a solar panel for a sex machine. Also, which would you rather open: a can of worms or Pandora’s box? Plus, ordinary vs. ornery, versing vs. versus...
A father of five shared with us his kids’ favorite joke. (Yes, it’s terribly corny.) This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Too Many Cheetahs” You’re listening to A Way with Words, the show about language...
Online recaps of Mad Men or Breaking Bad can be as much fun as the shows themselves. So why not recap classic literature — like, say, Dante’s Inferno? A literary website is doing just that. And, you’ve heard about the First World and the...
The enviable poker position known as the catbird seat belongs to the last player to bet, who can see everyone else act first. Mike, a poker player in Alabama, wants to know how the phrase got there. Baseball broadcaster Red Barber said he first...
When something happens above board, it means things are clear and in the open. But this has nothing to do with being on board a ship. Rather, it comes from the term board meaning “table,” as in room and board, and has to do with poker...