Episodes
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We can sweep the floor, sweep the board, sweep the stakes, sweep the series – and maybe it will even be called a "clean sweep."
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While you may not find “comfortability” in many standard dictionaries yet, it is out there in circulation with “comfortableness.”
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Episodes manquant?
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Sometimes we’re left in the lurch. It’s probably fair to say that most of us don’t know where that lurch is.
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It appears that some of those bad or uneasy feelings we may feel in the pit of our stomach have become a pit in our stomach.
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It's that time again. With 2024 behind us, we can vote on the word of the year.
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We can pepper our food or pepper our speech. If the mood strikes us, we can be peppy in a pep rally sort of way.
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As 2024 comes to a close, the kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs football team gave us a reason to use the verb "doink."
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We can still reach out the car window to grab a parking ticket, but today, "reaching out" can also mean "pinging" someone to make a connection.
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The words "decimate" and "unique" are quintessential examples of how a word’s meaning can shift from its etymological roots.
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"Ornery" seems like an ordinary enough word, but its link to "ordinary" might surprise people.
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As listeners wait with bated breath, we will not dilly dally or shilly shally to get to this lightning round.
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Looking at late 19th century language peeves can often point to a change in progress, but not always.
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Of all the topics we could cover this week on That's What They Say, we chose these ones over those ones.
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A sea change can now be caused by many things other than the sea, and some of its dramatic effects have been lost in the process.
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We're going to try not to touch the third rail, but we are going to talk about it.
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Major League Baseball playoffs and football tailgate season both mean the smell of hot dogs is in the air.
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We don't encounter petards very often anymore. That’s unless we’re being, metaphorically speaking, “hoisted with our own petard.”
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There are plenty of people out there who see "utilize" as a pretentious substitute for "use." However, some people are completely comfortable utilizing the verb "utilize."
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There’s the “yea” in voting “yea” or “nay," and then there’s the celebratory “Yay!" Oh yeah, there's also "yeah."
