I’d better make a quick disclaimer on this one: sometimes there are many theories as to how a phrase came about. These 12 explanations are just some of the possible origins. We’ve been using some of these phrases for so long that we’ve lost the original meanings, so our explanation...

WAKE UP AMERICA YOUR ASS NEED A TRIFLING INTERVENTION!  Listen up folks this society wreaks of trifling behavior.  It's really amazing to me that society has a tendency to blame one culture for all the trifliness (yes I said trifliness) that goes on in our society. We all know that trifling behav...

Tune in folks we are deciding to come back on the air at 1am Saturday west coast time to continue our round table discussion about societies trifling ways.  We will pull from all directions and air out  societies trifling ways.  Remember folks being trifling does not discriminate it happens on ...

I am interested in phrases used during sex in various languages in dialects. In particular, I am interested in various idioms of lovemaking, i.e. I have observed North American men and women both tend to say 'Oh Jesus' or 'Oh God' even if they are not Christian, or not religious; they will also say ...

Don’t be confused with these two words - “sawikain” and “salawikain“. They sound almost the same but they have totally different meanings. Salawikain are proverbs. Filipina Soul has growing collection of Filipino Proverbs or Salawikain, so check them out here, here and ...

...to take this fascinating survey of "American Jewish language." Its authors, a pair of social scientists from Hebrew Union College, say it's "the first of its kind to ask North Americans about the words from Yiddish and Hebrew (and other languages) that they may use or recognize." Part of the...

I'm not quite sure what to call the odd locutions I've been spotting lately. They're not exactly eggcorns, which are a type of logical spelling error based on mis-hearing ("eggcorn" for "acorn," for example). What I've been seeing--and, in one instance, hearing--are eggcornized i...

.. . . .......... Do you like the header?  I do – and I am grateful to lovely Winter for it.   I did a TT a few weeks ago in British idioms, which I enjoyed doing and because it was only thirteen items was only scratching the surface.  So, hoping that it isn’t seen as too uno...

During the years that I have been living on the western side of the pond, I have caught myself from time to time using British slang or expressions that are completely unknown here, provoking raised eyebrows or blank stares.  Some Brit words are gaining currency here but others are still unhear...

  Planning a visit to Pittsburgh? Before you come, make sure to get out your maps , decide what you want to do and see and, check with someone who lives there if you cannot understand the following exchange between Pittsburghers Don and Howard, you may want to learn a new language! Howard: Hey Dawn...