Burn Bag - 28 September 2015

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A Way with Words

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🗓️ 28 September 2015

⏱️ 52 minutes

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The slang coming out of Victorian mouths was more colorful than you might think. A 1909 collection of contemporary slang records clever terms for everything from a bald head to the act of sidling through a crowd. Plus, how to remember the difference between CAV-al-ry and CAL-va-ry. And: what’s the best way to improve how introverts are perceived in our society? For starters, don’t bother asking for help from dictionary editors. Also, collieshangles, knowledge box, nanty narking, biz bag, burn bag, yuppies, and amberbivalence. 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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0:20.0	When I think of the term Victorian England I often think prim and proper but boy they had some great slang back in those days
0:28.3	I've been going through a 1909 volume called passing English of the Victorian era, a dictionary of heterodox English, slang and phrase.
0:38.0	And there's such great slang in here.
0:40.0	For example, do you know what Mind the Grease means?
0:42.8	Mind the Grease.
0:44.9	Don't know.
0:45.4	It's what you might say when you're in a crowd
0:47.4	and you're trying to get by.
0:48.9	Mind of the Greece.
0:49.8	Oh, weird.
0:50.6	Or how about this one butter upon bacon?
0:53.0	Oh this is one good thing after another?
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