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Gardentoolism (minicast)

A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

A Way with Words

Language Learning, Society & Culture, Education

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2007

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Earlier this summer a word caught my fancy: "gardentoolism." So I made a slang quiz about it! 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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Welcome to the Summer Edition of Slang This, the Language Quiz from Away with Words.

0:35.0

My favorite slang has been off the wall.

0:40.0

That blasted dog's done a hudany and gone walk about again. I've never heard of monkey

0:45.2

blanket ever. I guess I'm going to go with B, but look alike. None of them found a platform to me.

0:50.5

Oh, I hate my instinct. Um, I'm going to say A.

0:54.0

Awesome.

0:55.0

Hey!

0:57.0

Welcome to another edition of the podcast only slang this from away with words in

1:04.0

k-pibious radio. I'm Grant Barrett. My lovely co-host Martha Barnett sends word

1:08.6

from Washington DC where she's spending the show's summer hiatus, bringing shoots and leaves to

1:13.7

butterstick the panda. Martha says that if you want to meet some very nice men

1:17.8

inside the beltway, just try cutting animal fodder in the rose garden.

1:21.4

Which leads me to today's word, Garden Toolism, that's G-A-R-D-E-N-T-O-O-L-I-S-M, Garden Toolism.

1:31.8

The way we play this quiz is that I give you a word and you try to figure

1:34.8

out which meaning is the correct one. So, which of these meanings is the real Garden Toolism?

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