Butterflies in Your Stomach - 13 November 2017

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A Way with Words

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🗓️ 13 November 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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If you’re not using a dictionary to look up puzzling words as you read them, you’re missing out on a whole other level of enjoyment. • When you’re cleaning house, why not clean like there’s literally no tomorrow? The term death cleaning refers to downsizing and decluttering specifically with the next generation in mind. The good news is that older folks find that death cleaning enhances their own lives. • You know when anticipating something has you extremely nervous but also really excited? Is there a single word for that fluttery feeling? • Marrow, a set of twins, skid lid, reckon, vicenarian, miniscule vs. minuscule, and how to pronounce potable. Hear hundreds of free episodes and learn more on the A Way with Words website: https://waywordradio.org. Be a part of the show: call or text 1 (877) 929-9673 toll-free in the United States and Canada; elsewhere in the world, call or text +1 619 800 4443. Send voice notes or messages via WhatsApp 16198004443. Email words@waywordradio.org. 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	This episode is brought to you by Meta for Work.
0:02.6	It's not just sci-fi anymore.
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0:30.0	You're listening to Away with Words, the show about language and how we use it.
0:33.6	I'm Grant Barrett.
0:34.6	And I'm Martha Barnett.
0:36.0	If a person is in their 80s, we call them an octogenarian.
0:40.6	What do we call them if they're in their 90s? Your Honor, I don't know.
0:45.0	We call that person a non-a-genarian.
0:49.0	Non-a-genarian, right?
0:50.0	If they're in their 70s, they're a septogenarian. You know what they call people in their 60s?
0:57.1	A sexy genarian.
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