In this episode, Grant offers a peek at some expressions he’s nominating for the American Dialect Society’s 2007 Word of the Year vote in January, 2008. Will it be w00t, subprime, or something else? You can also check out Grant’s...
dog lick n.— «Dogs hoping to drink from the Hebe fountain in downtown Roseburg will have to wait a bit as the made-for-canine spigots have been sent back for repair. The two “dog licks,” as they’re called, attached to the base of the...
hard dog to keep on the porch n.— «The second…has to do with Clinton’s sexual appetite.…The Governor was, in the words of a local saying, a hard dog to keep on the porch.» —“Bill Clinton’s Presidency” by...
woolsack weathering n.— «I now know that South Africa is, in part, one of the planet’s oldest continental fragments. I also have a name for the ageing process of those jumbled Karoo koppies—it’s called “woolsack weathering,” which...
Toronto trim n.— «Certain procedures can drastically improve a woman’s sexual experience, insist the surgeons. The labia minora reduction for example, or the “Toronto Trim,” as it’s known among Dr Stubbs’s patients, makes the...
throw n.— «The new keyboard lacks throw, more commonly referred to as key travel, which means that keys require less pressure to engage.» —“The Apple Core: Review: Apple’s new keyboards (Verdict: Atrocious)” by Jason...