Far Out, Man - 30 April 2018

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A Way with Words

Language Learning, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 30 April 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

What other names could a team use if they realize it’s time to give up calling themselves the “Redskins”? Also, what should we call those people who don’t turn left as as soon as the traffic light goes green? Plus, the connection between a passage of ancient poetry and familiar brand of athletic shoes, new rhyming names for everything, far out, use a wheelchair vs. be confined to a wheelchair, honey hole, pirate lingo, honte, floorios, and more. 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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0:28.0	On Twitter, Antonia Nickle, who tweets at Flamin-Hasteck, asked asked what if the person who named
0:34.3	walkie talkies named everything oh boy so stamps therefore would be licky stickies
0:40.5	yeah what about a defibrillator?
0:44.0	A shocky, hockey? I don't know.
0:48.0	How about Hardy Starty.
0:50.0	Hardy, nice.
0:52.0	And what about a pregnancy test?
0:54.0	Oh, oh no, preg twig?
0:56.8	I don't know.
0:58.1	Peas thick?
0:59.1	I don't know.
1:00.1	Iffy, no, it's maybe baby.
1:01.6	Maybe baby. Maybe baby!
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