Raining Cats and Dogs (Rebroadcast) - 18 February 2013

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🗓️ 17 February 2013

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Get out your umbrellas — it’s raining pitchforks and … bullfrogs? This week, it’s odd expressions that mean “a heavy downpour.” Also, holistic vs. wholistic, recurrence vs. reoccurrence, flash drive vs. thumb drive, whether it’s good or bad to be jacked up, stomach Steinways and bunheads, and the origin of listless. And not to mince words, but what does the expression “not to mince words” really mean? Hear hundreds of free episodes and learn more on the A Way with Words website: https://waywordradio.org. Be a part of the show: call or text 1 (877) 929-9673 toll-free in the United States and Canada; elsewhere in the world, call or text +1 619 800 4443. Send voice notes or messages via WhatsApp 16198004443. Email words@waywordradio.org. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:20.3	You're listening to Away with Words. I'm Grant Barrett.
0:23.2	And I'm Martha Barnett.
0:24.4	Here's a question for you.
0:26.2	In what profession would you hear your colleagues talking about the following things?
0:31.2	Clams, footballs, hairpins, and axes.
0:37.4	Web design. I don't know. Well, design. I don't know.
0:40.0	Well, maybe. I don't know.
0:42.6	What is that?
0:43.7	Well, actually, I should have said it's a musical question because this is all slang used by classical musicians.
0:49.7	Oh, really? A clam.
0:51.2	Yeah, a clam is a missed note, you know, when you're doing a run and you miss the note.
0:55.0	A football is a whole note, you know, because it looks like a whole note on the page.
1:00.0	Hair pins?
1:01.0	Uh, I don't know.
1:04.0	Those are crescendo and day crescendo marks.
1:07.0	They're little wavy, right?
1:08.0	Well, they're like little arrows.
1:10.0	Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Turned sideways. They look sort wavy, right? Well, they're like little... All of these, long vies.
1:10.8	Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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