Hello, everybody. Welcome to another newsletter from A Way with Words! This weekend we aired a repeat episode in which we discussed "drive safe" vs. "drive safely," the meaning of "paratereseomaniac," and the expression...
duck’s guts n.pl.— «Panic-stricken, I realised that I was (to use a good old Bajan expression) “in duck’s guts.”» —“Private Line—Language barrier” by Jeannette Layne-Clarke The...
superman someone v. phr.— «Does anyone, but me, know what’s meant in the lyrics by “Superman that ho.” It’s a term for ejaculating on a womens back while she’s sleeping and put a t-shirt to cover the “stain,” when...
tumpsy n.— «So it was dismaying to see her trading once more on her tumpsy instead of her brains and her bad, brilliant mouth.» —“Don’t fight gravity. Embrace gravitas” by Janice Turner Times (United...
tumpsy n.— «Youngsters don’t get funny feelings anymore from the sight of a breast or tumpsy.» —“What was that pool game called?” by Glenn I Am An Architect, They Call Me Pat Butcher Apr. 27, 2005. (source:...