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Lexicon Valley

Society & Culture, Education

4.8611 Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2016

⏱️ 33 minutes

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The curious case of a conspiratorial coinage, with lexicographer Ben Zimmer. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, I'm Ryan Eggled from TV shows like New Amsterdam, The Blacklist, and of course, leave it to Beaver. You're on that? I was the Beaver. Didn't know. And I'm Adam Rose, an actor on TV, blue cardigan guy on your social medias, and Avid Speedwalker. We're the hosts of Small Stupid Stuff, an important new podcast from Studio 71. Ryan and I talk about the big issues, the heavy questions, pressing topics.

0:21.9

Like coffee date etiquette?

0:23.4

Best time to eat cereal.

0:24.9

And of course, whether you put your toilet paper over or under or around.

0:29.5

I don't know what around is.

0:30.9

I don't either, but I'm definitely an over man.

0:32.7

Yeah.

0:33.1

Every episode, we're joined by a celebrity guest who gives us their hottest takes on the stupidest,

0:38.7

smallest stuff.

0:39.6

Jocco Sims, Michelle Carrey, Alex Breckenridge, Pete Haversberger, Amber Childers.

0:46.6

Our goal is to solve the world's problems by finally figuring out the truth about crap that doesn't

0:51.8

matter.

0:52.3

So listen to Small Stupid Stuff on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:57.8

And watch us on YouTube, new episodes every Tuesday.

1:00.6

Stop.

1:05.1

From Washington, D.C. This is Lexicon Valley, a podcast about language.

1:15.1

I'm Bob Garfield with Mike Volo, and today, episode number 77, a new installment of Linguophile,

1:21.8

wherein we discuss a mystery word or phrase with lexicographer Ben Zimmer.

1:45.7

Hey, Mikey. Hey, Bobby. How you doing, buddy? Splendid, thank you and your own self. I'm great. I'm great. Ben, how are you? And what is our clue? I'm doing just fine. And I've got an interesting clue for you. It's a bit cryptic, shall we say.

1:51.6

Wait, wait, wait, wait. We'll be the judges of that. Okay. We're looking for a two-word phrase.

1:58.7

And the first word is two letters. Second word is seven letters. But if you move the space between the words over a couple of letters, it becomes another two-word phrase, a phrase meaning, an old Peruvian laughs derisively.

2:08.1

So if you can figure out, it's a little more convoluted than our usual clues.

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