812 - Kibosh. Sidekicks. Misolation.

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Mignon Fogarty, Inc.

Society & Culture, Education

4.5 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

The origin of "kibosh" is a long-standing mystery in the English language. Yiddish? A whip? Clog-makers tools? We investigate. Also, sidekicks play interesting and important roles in fiction. Does your Watson or Robin meet expectations? A familect story about misolation. Subscribe to the newsletter for regular updates. Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing course. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Grammar Pop iOS game. Peeve Wars card game. Grammar Girl books. HOST: Mignon Fogarty VOICEMAIL: 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475) Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network. Links: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/ https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribe http://twitter.com/grammargirl http://facebook.com/grammargirl http://pinterest.com/realgrammargirl http://instagram.com/thegrammargirl https://www.linkedin.com/company/grammar-girl

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0:00.0	I'm a New Yorker, and you can think of me as your friendly guide to the English language.
0:10.5	We talk about writing, history, rules, and cool stuff.
0:14.3	Today, we'll talk about why we say we put the kibosh on something, and we'll talk about
0:19.2	sidekicks in fiction.
0:20.8	But first, I have an announcement and a correction.
0:24.7	First, National Grammar Day is coming up on March 4, and I'm celebrating with a special
0:29.9	Spotify playlist covering the top 10 grammar myths.
0:34.8	Listen by searching for Grammar Girls National Grammar Day playlist only on Spotify.
0:41.6	And now for the correction.
0:43.9	In the episode before last, in the segment about the spelling of OK, I said that the OK
0:49.6	AY spelling is Chicago's style, and that's not right.
0:55.2	Chicago allows you to use either OK or OK AY.
0:59.6	The closest Chicago gets to recommending the four letters spelling is saying that it
1:03.6	looks more like a word than the two letters spelling.
1:06.7	I already re-recorded that segment and replaced it on the feed, so if you didn't listen
1:11.0	to it right away, you might actually find this correction confusing, but I wanted to
1:14.9	be sure that I didn't leave anyone with bad information.
1:18.0	I was actually flapper-gasted that I got it wrong and did a lot of thinking to figure
1:22.7	out how that might have happened.
1:25.6	The episode was written in the context of my book publishers preferred spelling, which
1:30.8	is different from mine, and I think I must have discussed it with my copy editor at
1:35.8	Mcmillan.
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