Sock it to Me (Rebroadcast) - 1 November 2021

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🗓️ 1 November 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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In the 15th century, the word respair meant “to have hope again.” Although this word fell out of use, it’s among dozens collected in a new book of soothing vocabulary for troubled times. Plus, baseball slang: If a batter doesn’t pour the pine,” an outfielder may snag a can of corn, or “an easily caught fly ball.” And the 1960s TV show “Laugh-In” spawned lots of catchphrases, such as Sock it to me and You bet your sweet bippy. Don’t know them? Well, Look that up in your Funk & Wagnalls! Plus tiffin, worldcraft, cultellation, backslash vs. forward slash, come-heres, bi-weekly, a witty word game that’s much ado about nothing, and more. 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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0:00.0	You're listening to away with words to show about language and how we use it.
0:03.4	I'm Grant Barrett.
0:04.6	And I'm Arthur Barnett.
0:05.9	Hey Grant, thank you so much for sending me that collection of slang from the sporting news in the 19...
0:11.2	What was it? 1933?
0:12.9	Oh yeah, the baseball slang from 1933.
0:15.3	That was... I knew you'd love that.
0:16.5	That's just the thing we like to sit back up for, isn't it?
0:19.6	I know. Baseball is just this endless repository of fantastic slang.
0:24.7	It's so poetic.
0:25.9	I love for example, fishing trip, which is swinging at a bad ball.
0:30.7	He took a...
0:31.5	Yeah, he's like, that's totally what they're doing.
0:33.2	There's like throwing the bad out there.
0:35.0	He's kind of trying to hit any junk that comes their way.
0:38.0	Right.
0:38.9	And sometimes they end up with a line drive to the catcher.
0:42.3	That's when they miss the third strike.
0:47.1	A line drive to the catcher.
0:48.6	Yeah, that's awesome.
0:49.8	Yeah, but somebody who's really good is going to pour on the pine.
0:53.6	They're going to hit that ball really solidly.
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