Light-hearted conversation with callers from all over about new words, old sayings, slang, family ex
[This episode originally aired February 16, 2008.] There are nearly 7,000 languages in the world to
[This is the first of our 2008 summer minicasts, offered only online.] We hear a lot about politica
This week we announce our 2008 summer minicasts, offered only online. It's what we're calling an 'es
[This episode originally aired January 26 and 27, 2008.] In this episode, a listener says his frien
(This episode first aired January 5, 2008.) Ding! In this week's episode, Mark Twain would be pleas
(This episode first aired December 15, 2007.) In this episode, Martha and Grant discuss advertising
In this episode, Grant offers a peek at some expressions he's nominating for the American Dialect So
It's a brand-new season here on 'A Way with Words!' To celebrate, Martha and Grant are noodling with
Grant goes through the mailbag, offering answers about the terms 'nosy parker,' 'out of pocket,' and
Remember Tom, the guy who's still trying to remember a word he insists he learned long ago meaning '
A caller asks a delicate question about the phrase 'blue bark shipment,' a term involving the transp
A caller sends Grant and Martha off on a slang-infested trip about ways of saying a fast good-bye. L
Discover the joys (and temptations!) of two new books of collected wisdom: The Yale Book of Quotatio
When you were a child and wanted to lay claim to something, what did you say? Did you call dibs? Or
Martha reminisces about her family's mountain roots while dipping into the delicious vocabulary of S
What's the name for that little dent in your upper lip? It's called a philtrum. Martha reveals the e
And now, the moment you've all been waiting for: The results of the A Way with Words Collective Noun
Do you know what a “buffet flat” is? Is it A) a type of shoe you wear to all-you-can-eat dinners, B)
The Pod Couple—also known as Martha and Grant—consider just when is "next week" or "this Monday" any
Earlier this summer a word caught my fancy: "gardentoolism." So I made a slang quiz about it!Read fu
