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Sunday-Go-to-Meeting Clothes

Daniel in Gainesville, Florida, shares a funny story about people who misunderstood a party invitation that called for Sunday-to-meeting clothes. In this case, the meeting isn’t just any meeting. It’s an old word for “church...

Rebeheaded

A woman in Gainesville, Florida, says her father and his partner have an ongoing Scrabble feud over rebeheaded. Is it a word? This is part of a complete episode.

grenade

grenade  n.— «The problem was the third leg of this female tripod: the grenade. Now, this is a term my roommates and I use to describe the friend of the hot girls who was not blessed with the same physique as her head-turning counterparts...

cover

cover  n.— «Many restaurants serve twice as many “covers” (that’s diners in kitchen parlance) as they do in a normal shift. That puts an amazing strain on everyone—reservationists, prep cooks, chefs, bartenders, servers—even...

hypermiler

hypermiler  v.— «If i really had to comment on that, i’d say that if driven for the most milage (like he says…it gets what it gets, he doestn drive it like a hypermiler) it could get more.» —“Turobocharged Insight” by...

butt hut

butt hut  n.— «Another Gainesville smoker, Cerce Destin, 18, relaxed at one of the SFCC designated smoking locations, a place she dubs the “butt hut.”» —“Annual anti-smoking event helps kick the habit” by Sarah...