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Freeze Your Caboogies Off

A Somerville, Massachusetts, listener wonders about a phrase her family uses, freeze your caboogies off. Its origin is unknown, and it’s unclear whether it’s related to another term for the backside, bahookie. This is part of a...

Bottle Room and Shred

In this week’s slang quiz, a member of the National Puzzlers’ League from Somerville, Massachusetts, tries to guess the meaning of bottle room and shred, the latter as used in the context of snowboarding, skateboarding, and surfing. This...

cliché-verre

cliché-verre  n.— «Photographer K.E. Duffin used a technique called cliché-verre to create her winning photograph called “Anatomy of a Hero.”» —“State’s Cultural Council rewards six Somerville...

keyless

keyless  adj.— «Activists here began organizing a City Hall summit to confront what they saw as the swelling population of street people, those living in shelters, and keyless men and women crashing on friends’ couches.» —“Summit In...

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