A Way with Words

Kiss the Cow (episode #1567)

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Mystery Drawer (episode #1555)

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Everything’s Duck But the Bill

Posted by Grant Barrett on November 2, 2019 · Add Comment

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Loaded for Bear (episode #1531)

Posted by Grant Barrett on September 16, 2019 · Add Comment

One way to make your new business look trendy is to use two nouns separated by an ampersand, like Peach & Creature or Rainstorm & Egg or … just about any other two-word combination. A tongue-in-cheek website will generate names like that for you. And: In the traditions of several African countries, names for babies [...]
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Anagramming a Proverb Quiz

Posted by Grant Barrett on September 14, 2019 · Add Comment

Quiz Guy John Chaneski’s brain-buster involves changing the meaning of proverb by anagramming one of its words. For example, John says his friend owned a string of pottery franchises, but it all came to nothing when one of the ovens fell apart, a story that aptly illustrates the proverb: “A chain is only as good [...]
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Kite in a Phone Booth (episode #1524)

Posted by Grant Barrett on April 29, 2019 · Add Comment

Stunt performers in movies have their own jargon for talking about their dangerous work. In New York City, the slang term brick means “cold,” and dumb brick means “really cold.” Plus: the East and Central African tradition that distinguishes between ancestors who remain alive in living memory and those who have receded into the vast [...]
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