Juice in Genoa, New York, remembers her mother used to say I am so mad I could spit nickels. It’s one of several variations on the idea of being angry enough to spit, period, or to spit something specific, such as spit tacks, spit nails, spit...
Victoria from Tallahassee, Florida, weighs in on our discussion about terms for an extremely quick bath. When Victoria was young, her great-great grandmother from Poland, when checking if Victoria had indeed washed herself, would ask...
As the OEDILF notes, exspuition is an old word for spitting, which you can do either standing or sitting. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Exspuition, an Old Word for Spitting” Here’s another limerick from the...
To spit someone a big is to do someone a favor. Try that one out on your boss! This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of ““Spit Someone a Big” Idiom” A little low-level slang for you, Martha. Low-level? Well, it’s safe...
The term cheap-john can refer to a miserly fellow, and also to a pawnbroker’s shop. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “The Judge Wants To Spit” You remember when we were talking about that expression, order in the...
Ever been on an airplane when an infant spits the dummy? This Australian slang expression, meaning to throw a fit, comes from the Aussies’ use of the word dummy to mean pacifier or binky. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of...