Jenny Crank
n.— «None of my clothes fit me right anymore, and I keep thinking back to how fat I was in high school, and conversely, how skinny I was in college, even before I got on the Jenny Crank diet.» —“Bustin’ ass fat” by Rae (raeosunshine) Cathartic Ramblings (Fridley, Minnesota) Jan. 23, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
It’s hard to imagine now, but there was a time when people disagreed over the best word to use when answering the phone. Alexander Graham Bell suggested answering with ahoy! but Thomas Edison was partial to hello! A fascinating new book about...
Following our conversation about the secret cup code of the old Harvey House restaurant chain, a listener in Minneapolis, Minnesota, shares a far more complicated and efficient restaurant code, the elaborate plate marking system used at Waffle House...