We hear the word maverick a lot lately, but where did this term for a stubborn nonconformist come from? Martha tells the story of the Texas politician who inspired the word, and whose grandson apparently coined another familiar English word...
The election’s still months away, but a caller in Okinawa, Japan wonders how the husband of a female U.S. president should be addressed if the husband himself is a former president. The hosts rule out “First Laddie.” This is part...
Guatemexicoestadounidense n.— «Growing numbers of Guatemalan and Mexican immigrants are marrying and having U.S.-born children, creating mixed Latino families with ties to three countries at once.…The mixture has become so common in...
ambulance-chasing n.— «“Clinical research and translational research is down 70% in the U.S.,” he tells me, laying out two primary explanations: First, he blames “the lobbies, restrictions, confidentiality problems, insurance...
supertanker hotel n.— «Secondary and tertiary cities across the U.S. are using “supertanker” hotels to anchor revitalization. » —by New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies 29 Annual International...
J-SOX n.— «Japanese companies and their international subsidiaries have started prepping for next year’s implementation of a corporate governance framework that’s comparable to the requirements imposed by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the U.S...