If you make a beeline for something, you’re taking the shortest route possible. You’re also mimicking bee-havior! After a bee has visited enough flowers to gather nectar, she flies straight back to the hive. And: Even a word like throttlebottom...
Quiz Guy John Chaneski says his wife, the poet Jennifer Michael Hecht, has pointed out that there are some people who shouldn’t be classified as ne’er-do-wells, because every once in a while, they do manage to do something right. Perhaps, she says...
Is there a synonym for the word synonym? Yes, there are two: polyonym and poecilonym, but they’re rarely seen except in collections of unusual words. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Synonyms for “Synonym”” Is there a synonym for...
cremello
n.— «The pure cream foal with piercing blue eyes is what is known as a cremello.» —“Rare cream foal ‘a special boy’” BBC News (United Kingdom) June 11, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)