Gung Ho (Rebroadcast) - 6 January 2020

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🗓️ 6 January 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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The origins of the peace symbol, why we say someone who’s enthusiastic is gung ho, a tasty spin on stuffed foccacia that originated in eastern Sicily, curling parents, sharking and other words for driving around a parking lot looking for a space, ribey, a great book for young readers, man lettuce, 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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0:00.0	All right, I'm Jack Grealish. I think you can listen to music from relaxing to
0:05.4	celebrating to getting yourself prepared. I like all sorts honestly I like hip-hop
0:10.6	R&B and then house music as well so yeah there's no guilty
0:14.1	face as well and dear.
0:15.1	Jack wears the bows quiet comfort ultra headphones enjoying his favorite music with
0:20.6	more immersive sound than ever before.
0:23.0	Wow, music, it's just everything, isn't it?
0:25.0	Get yours at Bose.co. UK.
0:28.0	Bose. Sound is power.
0:30.0	You're listening to Away with Words, the show about language and how we use it.
0:33.3	I'm Grant Barrett.
0:34.3	And I'm Martha Barnett.
0:35.8	It wasn't that long ago that the term helicopter parents was pretty new.
0:40.1	Came out in the late 1980s, and you know about helicopter parents.
0:44.0	Yeah, these are the parents, they were hovering over everything their child does just to make sure it's all perfect.
0:48.0	Right, but in Denmark they use a different term, which I think is really really cool and it translates as curling parents not
0:56.0	helicopter parents but curling parents.
0:58.0	Curling is in the sport?
0:59.0	Yes!
1:00.0	Oh, so they're using a little brush to smooth the way for their offspring.
1:03.0	They're on the ice and their little stone-headed child is...
1:08.0	Isn't that great curling for Eldra or something like that.
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