A San Diego, California, listener recalls that growing up in Mississippi, friends and family would use the terms bollyfox or bollyfoxing, referring to a sassy way of walking. The more common version is pollyfox, meaning to waste time or lollygag...
You’re at a social gathering and meet someone you’d like to know better. What do you ask to get a real conversation going? Some people lead with “What do you do?,” while others avoid talking about work entirely. Still others...
Josh in Dallas wondered whether pussyfooting is offensive after a colleague objected to it at work. The word isn’t inherently vulgar or sexist. It comes from pussycat and the image of a cat stepping softly. Since the 1890s, pussyfoot has meant to...