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

Buckle Down (Rebroadcast) - 18 January 2016

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

A Way with Words

Language Learning, Society & Culture, Education

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2016

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

It’s time for book recommendations! Martha’s enjoying an armchair tour of important places in the history of our language, and Grant recommends relaxing with books that make great reading for both children and adults. Plus, are you the type of shopper who gets in and out of a store quickly? Or would you rather research that purchase in advance and then try before you buy? No matter where you fall on the shopping scale, psychologists have a name for you. And here’s a wintry question: if you’re panking something, just what are you doing? Plus, how to pronounce short-lived, a slang term for flirting, “ass over teakettle,” and an amusing 19th-century rant about young people’s slang. 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/contact. Be a part of the show: call 1 (877) 929-9673 toll-free in the United States and Canada; worldwide, call or text/SMS +1 (619) 800-4443. Email words@waywordradio.org. Twitter @wayword. 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

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0:04.3

From the people you meet to the creators you follow, it all comes together with

0:08.0

Lenovo Yoga.

0:09.0

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0:14.6

razor 40 Ultra. Check out the Lenovo Yoga series with laptops made for creatives at

0:19.7

Lenovo.com slash Yoga. Limited time only terms and conditions apply. Engineered to do it all. That's a laptop evolved with Intel Evo Platform.

0:28.0

If you're listening to Away with Words, the show about language and how we use it, I'm Grant Barrett.

0:35.0

And I'm Martha Barnett. A couple of weeks ago, we put the call out to you to find out what you call an abbreviated bath. That's the kind of bath where you just sort of stand there and

0:45.0

sponge off in the key parts.

0:46.6

Yeah, the important places.

0:47.6

Yeah, yeah. And Grant, I don't know what it says about our listeners, but we got a ton of

0:52.3

responses.

0:53.0

Oh do tell.

0:54.0

Well we heard from Nancy K Kemp from Cairo, Georgia who said

0:58.0

if you don't have time for an actual bath or shower, a quick splash of water,

1:02.0

a quicker rub down with a wet cloth, soap optional, and a

1:05.3

spritz of something that smells better than you did, that's what we call taking a bird

1:09.8

bath.

1:10.8

That makes a lot of sense.

1:11.8

We heard bird bath from a lot of people, including

1:13.8

Somadi Jones from Tallahassee, who said her friend from Alabama, calls it a bird bath, and she

1:20.1

says, when I asked what it was, he told me to imagine someone splash in and

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