What’s your choice for 2010’s word of the year? Mama grizzly? Starwhacker? Who could forget vuvuzela? Martha and Grant discuss the five-oh in Hawaii 5-0, and whether the tagline “I approve this message” is grammatical. Also, is the phrase “it is...
Quiz Guy John Chaneski has a puzzle called “Word Ladders.” This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Word Ladders Puzzle” You’re listening to A Way with Words. I’m Martha Barnette. And I’m Grant Barrett, and we’re joined now by our quiz...
In this episode, Grant offers a peek at some expressions he’s nominating for the American Dialect Society’s 2007 Word of the Year vote in January, 2008. Will it be w00t, subprime, or something else? You can also check out Grant’s look at “word of...