Gay in Tucson, Arizona, remembers her grandmother inviting guests in with take off your cape and fascinator and have a seat. Originally, a fascinator was a kind of scarf that held one’s hair in place and added an air of mystery, and thus...
A listener from Santa Monica, California, says he’s going to “mow something down,” as in, he’s going to eat a huge amount of food really fast. But when he writes it, he spells mow as mau, and pronounces it to rhyme with cow. Ever heard of this? This...
The word scarf, meaning “to eat rapidly and greedily,” has a long, winding history. Grant helps a listener unravel it. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Scarf as a Verb” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Good afternoon, this is...