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Steven from San Antonio, Texas, seeks a word that means “the opposite of trauma.” Perhaps eustress, literally “good stress”? Or harmonization? Placid? Is there a better term for this? This is part of a complete episode.
Ian in Jacksonville, Florida, wonders about why musicians use the word clam to mean “a mistake” or “an egregious musical error,” as in There are a lot of clams in there or We need to practice where the clams are regarding a...
water neutral adj.— «Last June, Coca-Cola CEO Neville Isdell flew to Beijing and pledged that his company would become “water neutral”—every drop of water it uses to produce beverages would be returned to the earth or...
strolling supper n.— «I “get” the fact that a “strolling supper” is another term for “buffet,” but I have a question: what happens if the “strolling” supper gets up and leaves...
boat n.— «R&B singer Ray-J was recently allegedly kicked out of a D.C Hyatt hotel for noise complaints and being in possession of the drug “Boat,” a street-term for PCP laced marijuana.» —“HHDX News Bits (Ray-J...
flap n.— Note: Perhaps related to the noun meaning of flap, “a state of agitation; a panic.” «His face lit up when he talked about a “flap,” a term used to describe a large number of UFO reports, one March sometime...