In an electric car, the trunk is in the front, not the back. Automotive engineers refer to this part of the vehicle as the frunk, a portmanteau of front and trunk. For a while, the Jaguar company, which is based in the UK, instead called it the...
Do you have junk in your frunk? As in, the front trunk, found on cars like a zippy Tesla. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Frunk” Grant, I saw my first frunk the other day. Frunk? A frunk. Can you say that on the air? Oh, gosh, I...
In Michigan, tourists are called trunk-slammers for how often they slam their trunk unpacking and repacking over the course of a weekend trip. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Trunkslammers” Here’s a term from Patricia Sohn. She...
A zoo tour guide wants a specific word to describe how elephants procure hydration. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Watering Animals” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hey. Hi, who’s this? This is Viv Lindquist from San Diego. All...
pencil top n.— «Most commercial companies over-prune palms leaving fronds with a V-shape referred to as a “hurricane cut.” Constant removal of these leaves will result in a condition referred to as “pencil top” (trunk narrows just below fronds)...
trunk manuscript n.— «This was what she lovingly refers to as her “trunk manuscript” where you “get out all the crap and put it under your bed.” The manuscript may not go anywhere, but it’s the exercise of writing it that matters most. And anytime...