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A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

Spendthrift Snollygosters (rebroadcast) - 16 Aug. 2010

A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

A Way with Words

Language Learning, Society & Culture, Education

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2010

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

This week, it’s the language of politics. Martha and Grant discuss two handy terms describing politicians: far center and snollygoster. Also, a presidential word puzzle, false friends, spendthrifts, and a long list of 17th-century insults. So listen up, all you flouting milksops, blockish grutnols, and slubberdegullions! 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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I'm Martha Barnett.

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And I'm Grant Barrett.

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One of the curiosities of American politics is that even though there's much talk about how bipartisanship is a good idea and how divisiveness doesn't get anything done in Washington, there's also an attitude that a centrist

1:14.2

is just somebody who doesn't have a strong conviction and who can't be trusted.

1:18.9

That idea is perfectly crystallized in the expression Far Center. Far center is a political position in which

1:25.4

a politician is so committed to compromise that they please know one. It's a

1:29.8

radical compromising. That's great I never heard that far center. Yeah it's somebody who is... radical

1:33.0

compromise. That's great. I never heard that far center. Yeah, it's somebody who is they're not the

1:35.4

far right, they're not the radical conservatives, and they're not in the far left, they're not the radical liberals.

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