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Letters and Canadian Doubles (minicast)

In our latest online-only episode, Martha’s been putting together a collection of your favorite collective nouns and Grant joins her to swat around a caller’s question about what to call a game of tennis when you have only three players...

A Game of Tennis with Three Players?

Aloha! We have another A Way with Words podcast goofy-footing among the grommets. Martha's been putting together a collection of your favorite collective nouns and Grant joins her to swat around a caller’s question about what to call a...

crack back

crack back  n.— «Jones employs sports metaphors to discuss former high school basket baller Washington’s infamous faggot flinging…SJ: Do you know how to pad yourself appropriately so that when the hit comes? IW: It depends. There’s a...

scuffle

scuffle  v.— «“We’re down right now and scuffling. But, we’ll come back.” The Chiefs are sixth, one-half game out of fourth.» —“Chiefs drop 2; now 6th” in Charleston, West Virginia Syracuse Herald...

gold-plated event

gold-plated event  n.— «Unfortunately, as Dr. Weinberg pointed out, ordinary collisions also produce showers of the same particles coming out, and so the game has changed. Once upon a time, physicists would look for what they called “a...

pause

pause  n.— «Pause is a game that started out in NY in the mid-late 90s.The way its played is if ur speaking and ur about to say something thats gonna sound gay or homo-ish you have to say “pause” b4 you say it or right after b4...

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