1465-Caller-Tom-Punk by A Way with Words

A listener in Council Bluffs, Iowa, says his grandmother, born in 1899, used to say I’m feeling punk, meaning “I’m feeling ill.” The term derives from an older sense of punk meaning “rotted wood.” http://waywordradio. via Pocket http://ift.tt/2l4ReU4

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1465-CallerDonna-Rein by A Way with Words

To give free rein, meaning “to allow more leeway,” derives from the idea of loosening one’s grip on the reins of a horse. Some people mistakenly understand the term as free reign. http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2lFNuWr

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1465-Intro-Bree-Pun by A Way with Words

Did you hear about the explosion in the French cheese factory? (If you don’t like puns, brace yourself.)http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2kIncEN

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1465-CallerLisbet-Called-Out by A Way with Words

A woman in Hudson, New York, says her boyfriend, who grew up on Long Island, uses the expression call out sick, meaning “to phone an employer to say you’re not coming to work because you’re ill.” But she uses the phrase call in sick to mean the very same thing. via Pocket http://ift.tt/2kXEegg

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