When there’s no evening meal planned at home, what do you call that scramble to cobble together your own dinner? Some people apply acronyms like YOYO — “you’re on your own” — or CORN, for “Clean Out your Refrigerator Night.” Plus, when a barista...
Peter from Easton, Pennsylvania, asks about rapscallion, an old-fashioned term for a rascal, scamp, or scoundrel that can also be used affectionately. Although he once thought he had invented it, the word is recorded in English by the 17th century...