While reading Dean Koontz’s book The House at the End of the World (Bookshop|Amazon), a listener in Ramona, California, encountered the perfect word for the walks he takes with his dog. He now refers to such an excursion as a sniffari. This is part...
Someone who is easily offended can be said to be pepper-nosed. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Prickly Pepper-Nosed People” Here’s a very handy word that was used in the 16th and 17th centuries, but seems to have died out. It’s...
rugby n.— «My pot of day-old rice—fried with cashew nuts, green peas, diced ham, sliced mushrooms, and scrambled egg—has residual value, I am sure. It can be served to a street child who sniffs “rugby” (local term for contact cement, associated...
