Grant and Martha share more intentional mispronunciations, including tar-ZHAY instead of Target. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Target vs. Tar-Zhay” Martha, we were talking earlier about words that we mispronounce on...
voter-owned election n.— «The qualifying contributions mandate is a provision that is traditionally part of voter-owned elections, another name for publicly financed elections.» —“Sign petitions, not checks” in University...
air-sparaging n.— «Drilling began in 1995 for wells to be used in a process, called air-sparaging, to clean out the coal tar contaminants.» —“Coal-tar cleanup took 20 years” by Mark Simonson Daily Star (Oneonta...
tar-tar n.— Note: “Toi toi” is a type of grass native to New Zealand, as described here, although there is at least one species of bird native to the country, the North Island tomtit, that is of the subspecies “toitoi...
magical black man n.— «“Angel Levine” introduces us to another flying Jew, without feathers, this time simply black, a magical black man, Alexander Levine, by name, but by narrational locution, “the Negro.”…Where...
hully-gully adj.— «What Baylor (30-3) has to avoid is the kind of “hully-gully” game that turns into a turnover fest.» —“Nipping at Tar Heels” by Jerry Hill in Tempe, Arizona Cox News Service Mar...