Quiz Guy John Chaneski is back with another “Take-Off” game in which the object is to take one letter from a word suggested by a clue to form another word. In this case, the letter that’s to be taken off will always be an initial R...
Tsunami Tuesday n.— «CW holds that dark horses will be hurt most by the 2/5 Tsunami Tuesday, but maybe not. Remember: most GOP contests are winner-take-all. The field could easily split. Maybe Rudy will win NY. McCain gets CA. Romney wins...
spit-take n. an exaggerated or surprised reaction in which someone violently expels a mouthful of liquid. Editorial Note: Thanks to Margaret Lethbridge Çejku for suggesting today’s entry. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
spit-take n.— «Yet, “after all I’ve done, what I’m most remembered for is the spit- take.” That’s the point in Make Room for Daddy when [Danny] Thomas would be sipping coffee, somebody would say something surprising, and he...
spit-take n.— «At dinnertime, they had to bring in the “spit-take’ rule. Nobody was allowed to talk to someone else at the table if that person had food in his mouth because it more than likely they would choke to death laughing...