That's What They Say

It’s 100% true that people online are asking about sentences like, “I got an a hundred on ... more

The way some people use "resonate" doesn't resonate with all of our listeners.

We can sweep the floor, sweep the board, sweep the stakes, sweep the series – and maybe it... more

While you may not find “comfortability” in many standard dictionaries yet, it is out there... more

Sometimes we’re left in the lurch. It’s probably fair to say that most of us don’t know wh... more

It appears that some of those bad or uneasy feelings we may feel in the pit of our stomach... more

It's that time again. With 2024 behind us, we can vote on the word of the year.

We can pepper our food or pepper our speech. If the mood strikes us, we can be peppy in a ... more

There's examples all over the the place of people using "there's" before a plural noun. In... more

As 2024 comes to a close, the kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs football team gave us a re... more

We can still reach out the car window to grab a parking ticket, but today, "reaching out" ... more

The words "decimate" and "unique" are quintessential examples of how a word’s meaning can ... more

"Ornery" seems like an ordinary enough word, but its link to "ordinary" might surprise peo... more

As listeners wait with bated breath, we will not dilly dally or shilly shally to get to th... more

Looking at late 19th century language peeves can often point to a change in progress, but ... more

Of all the topics we could cover this week on That's What They Say, we chose these ones ov... more

A sea change can now be caused by many things other than the sea, and some of its dramatic... more

We're going to try not to touch the third rail, but we are going to talk about it.

Major League Baseball playoffs and football tailgate season both mean the smell of hot dog... more

We don't encounter petards very often anymore. That’s unless we’re being, metaphorically s... more