Lily in Madison, Wisconsin, wonders about the use of the words vibe and vibing to mean “having a good time” with someone else. The sense of vibrations reflecting some kind of mystical connection goes centuries back and was famously...
Bianca in San Diego, California, has heard family theories tying far out to surfers offshore, the Beach Boys, or 1960s psychedelia. The evidence points instead to jazz slang: by the 1920s, musicians and fans were using out of this world for music...
Some outdated words wind up coming back in cheeky and ironic ways. For example, kids these days likely know groovy from Austin Powers, not from the flower children. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Outdated Word...