#2617: Definitely Not OK
The Best of Car Talk
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4.7 • 16.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
What’s worse: a screaming clutch, an oil leak, an engine fire or a Tommy Puzzler? You be the judge on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.
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| 0:00.0 | Support for NPR and the following message come from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, |
| 0:05.4 | investing in creative thinkers and problem solvers who help people, communities, and the planet flourish. |
| 0:11.1 | More information is available at Hewlett.org. Hello and welcome to Car Talk from National Public Radio with us Click and Clack, the Tappert Brothers, |
| 0:35.4 | and we're broadcasting this week from the more |
| 0:37.5 | better English department here at Car Talk Plaza. Now, we don't know who sent this to us, |
| 0:43.1 | and as the case with email, the last person to send it, of course, takes credit for it. |
| 0:47.6 | But this is a list of alternative definitions you may not be aware of. Flabbergasted. |
| 0:55.8 | You know what that means? |
| 0:59.2 | Appalled over how much weight you have gained. |
| 1:00.9 | Flabbergasted. |
| 1:02.8 | All right, I got the idea now. |
| 1:03.3 | You got it? |
| 1:04.2 | How about this? |
| 1:05.6 | Flatulence. |
| 1:09.6 | A flatulence is the emergency vehicle that picks you up after you've been run over by a steamroller. |
| 1:14.9 | Lymph. |
| 1:16.0 | Lymph. |
| 1:16.6 | Lymph. |
| 1:17.2 | To walk with a lisp. |
| 1:20.7 | This is one of my favorites. |
| 1:22.8 | McCatum. |
| 1:24.4 | Macadam. |
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