catch a crab v. phr.— «And they oohed with disappointment when another boat stopped dead in the water as one of the rowers “caught a crab” as they say in the sport: An oar caught water and was pulled downward resulting in an...
Greetings, friends, and be welcomed to another newsletter from A Way with Words, public radio's show about words and language and how we use them. Riddles flew through the air during this past weekend's show, as we shared some riddles from...
Welcome to another edition of the A Way with Words newsletter. This week we talked about "see a man about a horse," one of the most popular search terms that brings people to our web site. Who woulda thunk it? And, of course, we gave...
SUV of the sky n.— «Small private planes known as “very light jets,” or VLJs, are starting to show up in the sky and on the tarmacs of small local airports.…Displays of the aircraft, called the “SUVs of the...
rose stem n.— «George Scott, a business owner who represents the Upper Albany Merchants Association, said he and other leaders in Hartford’s North End also are trying to get merchants to stop selling drug paraphernalia such as the...
tingle table n.— «First letter openings are made by an automatic slicer, and all contents go quickly to the “tingle table,” where employes separate taxpayer checks and their forms from those due refunds.» —“Taxpayers...