Trace, used for locales like the Natchez Trace, refers to an informal road, like a deer trail or an Indian trail. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Etymology of Geographic Term Trace” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hi, this is...
Susurrous, meaning “having a rustling sound,” derives from Latin susurrous, “whisper.” This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Susurrous” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hello, this is Mike from Tyler, Texas. Hello, Mike. Welcome to the...
Gleek doesn’t just mean “a fan of the TV show Glee.” It’s also a verb meaning to shoot a stream of saliva out from under your tongue. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Gleek” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hi, this is Seth from...
Stanley Wilkins, a listener from Tyler, Texas, shares the idiom nervous as a pole cat in a perfume parlor. A polecat, more commonly known as a skunk, also fronts such gems as mean as a polecat, nervous as a pole cat in a standoff with a porcupine...