High Jinks - 10 July 2023

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A Way with Words

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🗓️ 10 July 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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For many people, religion provides language and rituals for key milestones in life, from births to weddings to funerals. But what if you don’t ascribe to any particular religion? What words do you use to mark those moments? An uplifting new book suggests turning to the language of poetry to honor lifecycle events. And speaking of rituals, if you say rabbit, rabbit before you say anything else on the first day of every month, supposedly you’ll have good luck. But if you forget, don’t worry — there’s a remedy for that! Plus, kit bag question, petrichor, a puzzle about funny synonyms, waltzing Matilda, tut and tsk, gee whittaker, be-bopping, and If you don’t chance your arm, you won’t break your neck. 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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0:35.0	And I'm Martha Barnett.
0:37.0	Yael messaged us from Israel with a great slang term and it translates as a kit bag question.
0:44.0	Now in Israel, a kit bag is a soldier's duffle bag and it contains lots of supplies.
0:51.0	So imagine a troop in basic training and they've just been told to run laps or do some other kind of challenging drill.
0:59.0	And one of the soldiers asks, are we supposed to be carrying our kit bags while doing that?
1:04.0	And the officer of course replies, you know what? Yeah, carry your kit bags.
1:10.0	So a kit bag question is the kind of question that carries a consequence you might otherwise have avoided.
1:18.0	Oh, yes. And you all know those kind of people.
1:22.0	And they get consequences when the officer is not around later, but they're curious.
1:30.0	Maybe they get their dessert yanked from them in the mess hall or something worse.
1:35.0	Yeah. Well, yeah.
1:36.0	Yael says that this has been carried over from the military into everyday situation.
1:40.0	So it's sort of like, you know, class is about to dismiss and the kid pipes up.
1:44.0	Do we have homework today?
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