When there’s no evening meal planned at home, what do you call that scramble to cobble together your own dinner? Some people apply acronyms like YOYO — “you’re on your own” — or CORN, for “Clean Out your Refrigerator Night.” Plus, when a barista...
What do you call the cardboard sleeve that goes over a paper cup to keep your hand from getting too hot? A San Antonio, Texas, listener knows that the technical term for this sleeve is zarf, a word that comes from Arabic, originally denoting an...
A good Scrabble find: zarf is a cup holder, from Arabic. The small cup that sits inside the zarf is a fingen, another handy tile rack winner. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “What Goes in a “Zarf”? A “Finjan”” Grant, you know what...
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The word zarf means “a metal cupholder,” but a Scrabble enthusiast says other players always challenge his use of that word. He wants to know its origin. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Zarf Origin” Hello, you have A Way with...