The Fighting Kewpies, Un-hunh! (Rebroadcast) - 28 June 2010

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🗓️ 28 June 2010

⏱️ 52 minutes

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In high school, no one thinks twice about cheering for the Fighting Trojans or the Tigers. But what about the Hickman Kewpies? Or the Maryville Spoofhounds? Martha and Grant talk about some of the odder names for school athletic teams. Also, in this episode: If you’re queasy, are you nauseous or nauseated? How do you pronounce the word sorry? And why do conservative Democrats call themselves Blue Dogs? 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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1:02.0	Martha when I was in school we had mascot names like the Troy Trojans.
1:06.6	That's kind of logical for a place called Troy, right?
1:08.6	The Trojans?
1:09.6	I bet you're going to say for a high school. The Troy Trojans, yeah. That works. Okay. And what about the Greenville Bears? The Greenville Bears? Okay? Yeah, that's pretty good. Yeah, we had the Atherton rebels.
1:20.0	Rebels. There's a fighting force behind that. You feel like you could cheer on the rebels. There's a fighting force behind that. You feel like you could cheer on the rebels.
1:25.0	But could you cheer on the cupies?
1:27.0	The what? The cupies? The hickman cupies.
1:30.0	This was in town in Columbia, Missouri Missouri where I went to the university.
1:34.0	There was a Hickman high school had the cupies where their mascot, as in cupi dows.
1:38.0	You know, those cute little plastic dows with the curl, the lock, the curly lock right in the forehead.
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