The Horse You Rode In On (Rebroadcast) - 14 January 2013

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🗓️ 13 January 2013

⏱️ 51 minutes

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What colorful language do you use to when you’re angry and tempted to use a four-letter word? There’s a difference between cursing and cussing: It takes a slow mind to curse, but an active, vibrant mind to cuss. Also, what it means to be stove up, the phrases the horse you rode in on and it’s all chicken but the gravy, plus a couple of handy synonyms for armpit. And when can you trust Wikipedia? 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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0:00.0	You're listening to Away with Words. I'm Grant Barrett.
0:03.0	And I'm Martha Barnett. Grant, I know how much you love quizzes, so I have one for you.
0:06.6	Oh, please.
0:07.4	What do these words have in common?
0:10.4	Tantalizing, erotic, echo, and mercurial.
0:16.5	They all are related to gods.
0:19.0	Yes, yes. They all come from mythology.
0:21.3	Tantalus was the god who was deprived of food and water, erotic from Eros, the god of love,
0:29.0	Echo, the nymph, who had her voice taken away, and Mercurial from Mercury.
0:33.8	Now, the reason that I'm thinking about words from Greek mythology is that I came across another in a news report recently that I'd never seen before. Oh, very good. What is it? H-A-D-A-L. What is that? H-A-L. H-A-L. H-A-L-L-W-E-R-ROT. James Cameron's deep-sea dive. Remember that? in March? Into the Mariana Trench?
0:55.1	Yes, and into the Hidal Zone in the Pacific.
0:59.8	That means like hell or like Hades?
1:01.9	The deepest part.
1:03.3	Yes, the ocean's deepest level below 20,000 feet.
1:06.7	I had no idea that there was this word knocking around since the 1950s that refers to Hades
1:11.7	and refers to that particular part of the ocean.
1:15.2	Well, who knew?
1:16.2	That's fantastic.
1:17.7	Call us with something about language that caught you by surprised or share your questions and stories.
1:21.7	877-929-9673 or put anything at all in email to words at wayward radio.org.
1:28.8	Hi, you have a way with words.
1:30.5	Hi there. This is Susan Di Jocamo in San Marcos.
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