Mr. Can't Died - 14 October 2013

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🗓️ 14 October 2013

⏱️ 52 minutes

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You pick up what you think a glass of water and take a sip, but it turns out to be Sprite. What’s the word for that sensation when you’re expecting one thing and taste something else? Also, slang from college campuses, like ratchet and dime piece. And the story of a writer who published her first novel at age 73, then went on to win a National Book Award. Plus, the origins of bluebloods, Melungeons, Calcutta bets, Vermont Cree-mees, and the phrase used to buck someone up, “can’t died in a cornfield.” 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 [email protected]. Twitter @wayword. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.0	You're listening to Away with Words, the show about language and how we use it.
0:33.6	I'm Grant Barrett.
0:34.6	And I'm Martha Barnett.
0:36.4	A friend of mine was telling me about a rough patch in her life recently.
0:39.7	She was having a hard time at work.
0:41.5	She was overextended there and trying to balance that with her family life,
0:45.0	and I said it sounds like you've been riding the struggle bus.
0:48.0	Struggle bus.
0:49.0	She'd never heard the expression, but it made perfect sense to her.
0:52.0	And I just love this expression riding the struggle bus
0:54.4	You know it's a great way to solicit sympathy about what's going on with you but also sort of make light
1:00.3	About it. It's a series of things not going well.
1:03.4	Yeah, yeah, you're riding the struggle bus or if you're having a really bad day you're driving the struggle bus.
1:08.6	You're charging the struggle bus. If you're having a really, really bad week, you're driving a double decker struggle bus yeah I've heard the
1:14.9	clue bus before you better get a ticket for the clue bus hit by a clue by four too
1:18.7	oh I had heard that but struggle bus it was a new to me term I hadn't read it until I came across it on a list of new slang.
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