Halloo and ahoy! If you missed last weekend's episode of A Way with Words, it's now up on the web site: We had a good time as we talked with callers about: --the meaning and origin of "snarky" --"last-stich effort" vs...
only meatball in the rice n.— «I was the only meatball in the rice tonight.…I was on my high school staff and as my best friend in the program put it—”It’s only Six of us Meatballs in the Rice” Meatballs being the black people in the program. Rice...
tampon rock n.— «The other day I came across one of the most descriptive and appropriate genre titles. The lead singer of Dragonette called her previous work “Tampon Rock.” This genre is girls or women with guitars or a piano, singing poetically...
noddy shot n.— «She is queen of the indignant snort, the appalled noddy shot, the last disgusted scripted throw-away line.» —“In-Depth Probe Of Sonia’s Scoundrel-Hunting Techniques” by Dianna Simmonds Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) July 23, 1988...
trailer queen n.— «In subsequent years, Vandervort had a team of mechanics completely restore the car. Last year Vandervort won first place in his class at Concours d’Elegance and will be showing the car—affectionately called a “trailer queen”...
whalejet n.— «As a supreme symbol of Europe’s prowess in aerospace, indeed in modern technology itself, the A 380 superjumbo jet, is melting down. No longer the embodiment of European cooperation and unity, its third announced delivery delay...