Frozen Rope - 9 October 2017

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🗓️ 9 October 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Where would you find a sports commentator talking about high cheese and ducks on a pond? Here’s a hint: both terms are part of what makes America’s pastime so colorful. • A government official in New Zealand proposes a new, more respectful term for someone with autism. • The roots of that beloved Jamaican export, reggae music. Also, hang a snowman, goat rodeo, jimson weed, work-brickle vs. work-brittle, banana bag, and okay. 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/. Email words@waywordradio.org. Twitter @wayword. Our listener phone line 1 (877) 929-9673 is toll-free in the United States and Canada. Elsewhere in the world, call +1 (619) 800-4443; charges may apply. From anywhere, text/SMS +1 (619) 567-9673. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.4	I'm Grant Barrett.
0:34.3	And I'm Martha Barnett, and I have a little collection of slang terms here from a certain field,
0:39.1	and I'm wondering if you can guess what they are.
0:41.3	Okay, put me on the spot, top of the show, sure. Yep. There are four of them, okay? Here's the list. Ducks on the pond, frozen rope, high cheese, Tumblebug.
0:53.0	Oh, some of these are clicking for me.
0:56.0	Frozen rope is baseball.
0:58.0	It is.
0:59.0	It's a strong hit.
1:02.0	It seems to be going straight out.
1:04.0	Yes, like a line drive.
1:05.0	Very good.
1:06.0	And ducks on the pond is batteries on base.
1:09.0	Base runners.
1:10.0	Yeah, they're kind of bobbing on the bases like ducks.
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