Why are the names of cars so unimaginative? Grant argues that auto manufacturers might take inspiration from ornithology to build a better car name. (Then again, would you be any less aggravated if you were rear-ended by a lazuli bunting?) Also this...
Chicken bog is a Lowcountry and Southeastern US dish of rice, chicken, country sausage, and plenty of black pepper, often cooked in a big iron pot for a crowd. Joey in Greenville, South Carolina, remembers his father making it after work with slaw...
In certain parts of the South, a small, impromptu gift is variously known by the sibilant synonyms sirsee, surcy, searcy, or circe. A South Carolina woman who’s heard the word all her life is baffled as to where it came from. This is part of a...
An Indianapolis woman who grew up in the South says that when her slip was showing, her father used to say, “Who do you think you are, Miss Astor?” Martha shares other euphemisms for slips showing. If someone sidles up to you and says...
gloating n.— «“I have an older window from a house in England that I’m repairing for a customer.” For many of these repairs, Oneppo uses a technique called “gloating glass.” “It’s a trick I picked up when I was working in Charlotte,” he...
firehouse primary n.— «The presidential primary in South Carolina is known as a “firehouse primary,” as it is being held in conjunction with the party’s precinct meetings at which local party officers are elected and delegates...
