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A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

Baby's Breath - 23 March 2020

A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

A Way with Words

Language Learning, Society & Culture, Education

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever googled your own name and found someone else who goes by the very same moniker? There's a word for that: googleganger. Plus, the language of hobbyists and enthusiasts: If you're a beekeeper, you call yourself a beek, and if you're an Adult Fan of LEGOs you may refer to yourself as an AFOL. Finally, what will you get if you order a bag of jo jos? In parts of the United States, you may just get a blank look -- but in others, ask for some jo jos and you'll get a nice, warm bag of tasty potato wedges. Also, a sunny-side-up puzzle, pulchritude, a bridge to in Brooklyn to sell you, baby's breath, synanthrope, antidisestablishmentarianism, Believe you me, and You cannot cover the sun with a finger. Read full show notes, hear hundreds of free episodes, send your thoughts and questions, and learn more on the A Way with Words website: https://waywordradio.org/. Email words@waywordradio.org. Twitter @wayword. Our listener phone line 1 (877) 929-9673 is toll-free in the United States and Canada. Elsewhere in the world, call +1 (619) 800-4443; charges may apply. From anywhere, text/SMS +1 (619) 567-9673. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to Away with Words, the show about language and how we use it.

0:03.3

I'm Grant Barrett.

0:04.3

And I'm Martha Barnett.

0:05.6

Grant, do you know what a beak is, B-E-E-K?

0:09.1

I don't know.

0:10.4

A bird watcher?

0:12.4

Different animal.

0:14.0

Bizwatches.

0:17.0

Bailing whales.

0:18.0

Bees?

0:20.0

Bees?

0:21.0

Yeah.

0:22.0

So beekeeper? Beak Beekeepers call themselves beaks.

0:24.0

I just learned that.

0:26.0

Beeked.

0:27.0

I did not know that.

0:28.0

How about that?

0:29.0

Yeah.

0:30.0

And it got me thinking about fond terms that people have for themselves and their

0:35.4

hobbies and past times. Yeah I came across another one just the other day which is

0:41.2

AFOL that's AFOL AFOL, it's an acronym, AAFOLS.

0:47.0

Do you know that one?

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