This is Bob Garfield from Lexicon Valley. I'm here with Mike Volo. Hey, Mike.

Hey, Bob. So there is this language tick, which seems to be increasingly popular, and I really can't quite put my finger on it.

So let's talk about it. Let's do the next Lexicon Valley this Monday on Slate.

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Gap Fest, Y I Auto Edition. It's Wednesday, April 18th, 2012. On today's program, the new HBO show,

Girls, it's kerfuffling the blogosphere, the new Farley Brothers film, The Three Stooges, and

finally the virtues and demerits of recapping TV shows in the wake of some very prickly comments

from the creator of the wire. Joining me today is Slate's film critic day,. I'm going to start with you because you're here, you're present. You're actually sitting physically to my right. Dana Stevens, Slate's film critic. Hey. Hello, good to be here. And coming to us via ISDN line from Washington, D.C. is Slate's deputy editor, Julia Turner. Hey, Julia. Hi, Steve. Did you have some government crises to resolve? You had to rush down there?

Oh, nothing, just a brisk morning at Langley, just putting out fires and wearing a trench coat.

Excellent. Girls is the new comedy from HBO. It's created by Lena Dunham. She directed and wrote the future film Tiny Furniture. Her new show is an ensemble comedy about young women living in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. And there's your first clue that it couldn't be more different from sex in the city. These are MGMT listening, underemployed, overeducated young people who it appears don't enjoy sex. Why don't we, before we talk about it, let's listen

to a clip. In this scene, the main character played by Lena Dunham, the show's creator,

is taking a bath while talking to her roommate, played by Alison Williams, who's complaining

about her overly solicitous emo boy boyfriend.

Are you going to leave your towel on? Yes. I never see you naked and you always see me naked, which should actually be the other way around. You are beautiful. Shut up. I don't need that. You see your boots. Well, you don't get to. Sorry. I only show my boobs to people I'm having sex with. You literally slept in my bed to avoid him. I know. Hannah, I've turned a corner. His touch now feels like a weird uncle. Just putting his hand on me at Thanksgiving.

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