What do the names bananaquit, invisible rail, and ticking doradito have in common? They’re all bird names. Doradito is a diminutive of the Spanish word dorado, meaning “golden,” while the ticking probably imitates the bird’s call. The rail in the...
A professor who spent 25 years studying arthropods has some thoughts regarding our conversation about the phrase tight as a tick. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Technical Tick Tweak” You’re listening to A Way...
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n.— «Bomb: a diary entry causing alarm but not ticking.» —“Revealed: how to chat up a senior clerk” by Nina Goswami TheLawyer.com July 13, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)