A wingnut is a handy, stabilizing piece of hardware. So why is it a pejorative term for those of a certain political persuasion? Also, is there something wrong with the phrase committed suicide? Some say that the word commit is a painful reminder...
I’m feeling punk means feeling a bit ill, out of sorts, or queasy, not necessarily bedridden. Tom in Council Bluffs, Iowa, heard it from his grandmother, born in 1899, and wondered how it connects with the punk used to light fireworks. Both trace...
A Tacoma, Wash., police report from 1946 is chock-full of showy police slang, from the punk on the stem to the handle of the beefer. Read the whole thing here. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “1946 Police Slang” Hello...
A listener from Richmond, Virginia, remembers an old game called buckeye that consists of metaphorically pulling someone’s leg, then calling Buckeye! and tugging one’s own lower eyelid. Martha suggests that it may be related to a 19th...
grindie n.— «Fast forward to 2007 and a new brand of grindie has slowly begun to emerge. Bands and artists who are genuinely influenced by both genres are giving birth to an energetic hybrid of grime and punk and the indie kids are eating...
motarded
adj.— «You mean customs? in that case, yeah, theyre motarded.» —“Re: I hate hate hate…“ by saturday disaster Usenet: alt.punk June 27, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)