Do you want to be on the radio?
We're looking for contestants for our new language quiz on
A Way With Words, broadcast from KPBS in San Diego to California, Wisconsin, Kentucky, and around the world via streaming and podcast. The quiz is a short, playful game about words and their meanings. Plus, there may be a little prize in it for you. : )
To be considered as a candidate for the quiz, just send a message to
words@kpbs.org. Include your full name, city and state, daytime telephone number, the best time to reach you, and include a few lines about your favorite slang word, new word, or colloquial expression.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE SAYINGS:
I’m not as green as I am cabbage looking.
Posted by marybeth porreca on 01/16 at 01:33 PM
conniption
As in “[Said to spouse] Your daughter is having a conniption.”
Or “[Said to child] If you keep doing that, I am going to have a conniption.”
Posted by Scott Handley on 01/19 at 09:46 AM
