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Fancified Traditional Song

Time for more Name that Tune: What song, often sung in rounds, inspired this high-falutin’ first line? “Propel, propel, propel your craft, progressively down the liquid solution.” This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Fancified...

play pump

play pump  n.— «Two men in South Africa recognized that the average woman in rural Africa has to walk three miles to get clean water. And they created something called “play pumps,” which is a hydraulic system, in which they put a well in rural...

Texas bull’s eye

Texas bull’s eye  n.— «The cluster itself may have been what is called a Texas Bull’s eye, where one shoots a number of rounds at the side of a barn and then draws a target over the tightest grouping, if there is one.» —“Maddening Media...