There are lots of cards we can still play now, but we’ve lost some good ones too.
Aug 27
4 min
If "hunky dory" means the same thing as "right as rain," then we face the question of how right rain is.
Aug 14
5 min
While we may know highfalutin language when we hear it, we don't all agree about how to spell "highfalutin" or where it comes from.
Aug 7
5 min
We exchange scuttlebutt at the proverbial water cooler, and there's an etymological clue in that.
Jul 31
5 min
The little clock we wear on our wrist could be called a clock. Instead, it has long had its own term, being called a watch instead.
Jul 24
5 min
Sometimes new slang jumps out in front of you, waving its hands, or thumbs, so that you can’t help but notice it. Sometimes it just sneaks up on you.
Jul 17
5 min
We can count fathoms when we’re measuring things. We can also metaphorically fathom or not fathom things.
Jul 10
5 min
This is a bespoke segment of That’s What They Say that focuses on “bespoke.”
Jul 3
5 min
If it’s up your alley, it might also be up your street. And perhaps it’s down rather than up.
Jun 26
4 min
You say "lieutenant," I say “leftenant” but let’s not call the whole thing off.
Jun 22
5 min
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