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You're listening to Away with Words, the show about language and how we use it. I'm Grant Barrett.

And I'm Martha Barnett. A couple of weeks ago, we had a call from a guy who wanted a term for his ex-wife's new husband.

Oh boy.

Remember that?

It was a polite term.

You know, I kept getting reminded for days on end because we kept getting emails and tweets about it.

We did.

We did because we asked, right?

Yeah, we did. They all had a really good relationship and so he wanted a positive cordial word for that and we heard from lots of listeners I think far in away the suggestion that we heard most was husband-in-law.

Husband-in-law.

Yeah, which sounds very matter-of-fact, right?

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