Mary Bell from Montgomery, Alabama, works in a doctor’s office where a hectic backlog of patients and appointments might elicit colleagues to say “We’re slammin’” or “We’re slammed.” The usage is familiar in restaurants and catering, where getting...
In Michigan, tourists are called trunk-slammers for how often they slam their trunk unpacking and repacking over the course of a weekend trip. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Trunkslammers” Here’s a term from Patricia Sohn. She...

