Sophia is a 13-year-old from Napierville, Illinois, says she and her peers use the phrase search it up on the internet to mean look it up on the internet. Her mother says it’s look it up or just search it, not search it up. Sophia and her friends...
Cute, which comes from acute, once meant “shrewd and perceptive”–“sharp,” in other words–rather than “adorable.” This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Origin of Cute” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hi, Martha. My name is Steve from...
The terms anyhoo, or anywho, signaling a conversational transition, are simply variants of anyhow, and originated in Ireland. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Anyhoo” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hi, this is Liz Whittle. I’m...