Grant answers a listener’s email question about the meaning of the musical phrase chicky-wah-wah. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Bow-Chicka-Wow-Wow” Martha, we got an interesting voicemail from Misty in upstate New York. She’s...
Does anyone still say “Shut UP!” to mean “No way!”? A forty-something riding instructor says this Seinfeldian locution confuses some of her younger students. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Shut Up!” Hello, you have A Way with...
Sure, there’s Grandma and Grampa, but there’s also Gammy, Bumpy, Dadoo, Gre-Gre, Kiki, Kerkel, Monga, Nee-Nee, Pots, Rah-Rah and Woo-Woo. Martha and Grant talk about the endlessly inventive names grandchildren call their grandparents. They also...
“Great Googly Moogly!” A caller wonders where that exclamation comes from.
Yadda yadda yadda. Newman! No soup for you! The 1990’s sitcom Seinfeld popularized these expressions and more. Check out this Paul McFedries article from Verbatim. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Seinfeld Expressions” Hello, you...
This week’s “Slang This!” contestant from the National Puzzlers’ League tries to decipher the difference between zoo planes and zipper clippers. She also puzzles over a sentence in which the words brindle and verse used in surprising ways. This is...