A family saying loose lips sink ships is a joking warning to keep a secret, not pass it on. Sharon from Omaha, Nebraska, grew up with her grandfather using it any time a confidence was at stake. The expression dates to World War II propaganda...
Greetings, workers of the world! This is another newsletter from A Way with Words. This past weekend's show was re-run about the secret words of families. Give it a spin: We also talked about "knocked up," "the real...
vegangelical n.— «OTOH, it’s not, AFAIK, possible to OD on iron from purely food sources unless you’ve got an iron- metabolism disorder like hemochromatosis; some vegangelical propaganda deliberately tries to obscure this point...
oil spot approach n.— «The South Vietnamese government’s primary task, before it can hope to move toward needed political, economic and social reforms, is to provide villages with maximum security from communist harassment. This is the...