Paige grew up in Louisiana, where she used the term pencil colors for colored pencils. Her name for these drawing instruments is likely a calque from French crayon de couleur, literally “pencil of color.” In many small towns across the...
beaglemation n.— «Small towns mean people who probably know you in some form, and my dog, Lucy, what I call a “beaglemation” (part beagle, part Dalmatian) has a smallish reputation.» —“Surprises on our back-road...
poop-butt n.— «It’s hard for you to know whether you can cut it anyplace. Not just here, anywhere. Don’t believe that about “if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.” That’s bull ——. If you can make it period, that’s...