A listener in Park City, Utah, says she and her fellow ski enthusiasts are having heated debates about the word nonplussed. It originally meant “at a loss,” from Latin non plus, meaning “no more,” suggesting a situation in which one can go no...
A flea market is a type of bazaar, usually outdoors, where vendors of secondhand and discount goods sell their wares. But why flea market? The term probably reflects the influence of two linguistic strains: In 18th-century New York City, the Fly...
Skiing is fun until you wipe out, flinging two skis, two poles, and perhaps your lunch all over the place. They call that a yard sale. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Skiing Slang “Yard Sale” Means a Crash That Scatters Your...
If you’re a fan of yard sales, you’ll love this game from Puzzle Guy John Chaneski. Suppose you go yard-saling, but only at the homes of famous people. The items you find there are all two-word rhymes. At the house of one powerful...
yard sale n.— «On the other hand, goggles can be a pain, tend to fog up at the wrong moments and are just another piece of hardware to recover after a “yard sale” type fall.» —“Re: ski goggles” by grr@cbmvax...
yard sale n.— «The “yard sale” resulted completely from the fact that I was going to fast, given the fact that I was coming down from an easy slope where all the folks around me were going waaaay slower, and doing occasional...