Obamanomics n.— «The key for Republicans […] is to offer not only opposition to Obamanomics but alternatives as well—but those alternatives needs to sound like something other than the Bush agenda redux, or else there’s no point in...
A caller observes that after moving to Indianapolis, he noticed that many of the locals say the names of commercial enterprises as if they’re plural or possessive, even when they’re not, such as calling Walmart “Walmart’s...
grunt n.— «They’ve got what is called a grunt. It is intended to imitate the grunting sound of a buck deer chasing a doe. Here again the expert on television only has to grunt on his super-caliber deer grunt and bucks magically appear...
Why do some people add a final “th” sound to the word “height”? Heighth? At one time, that pronunciation was perfectly proper. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Heighth” Hello, you have A Way with...
The word borborygmic means “pertaining to rumblings in one’s tummy or intestines.” It derives from borborygmus (“bor-buh-RIG-muss”), a term for intestinal rumbling and a vivid example of onomatopoeia. Its bubbly B sounds make borborygmic especially...
Stand back! Farther back! It's another newsletter from "A Way with Words." A brand-new episode hit the airwaves this weekend, in which we took a look at some of the coinages on Barack Obama's name, and at...