Ultimate Slang Dictionary - 2 May 2011

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🗓️ 2 May 2011

⏱️ 52 minutes

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When it comes to language, who’s the decider? Grant explains how grammar rules develop. Also, what’s tarantula juice, and what’s the difference between a muffin top and a smiley? We discuss these and other terms from Green’s Dictionary of Slang. Why do we call a waste of taxpayer money a boondoggle? What does it mean to cotton to someone? And what’s happening if we have a touch of the seconds? Plus, funny movie mistakes, a quiz in limerick form, regional terms for lanyards, and a new spin on a musical joke: brown chicken, brown cow. 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	At Accardo, you'll save 25% on your first shop and get free delivery,
0:04.6	which means if you were to buy a four cheese pizza, you'd basically be getting one of the cheeses for free. Save and splurge at Accardo, the online supermarket. Deo graphical and other restrictions, min spend £60 on charge to supply, discount available on food, new customers only, max saving £20,000. Terms atacado.com. Even though you're listening to this on podcast and not on the air,
0:23.3	you can still call our toll-free number 877929-9673,
0:27.9	and you can still send us email to Words at waywardradio.org,
0:31.7	and you can still find us online at waywardradio.org.
0:40.8	You're listening to Away With Words. I'm Grant Barrett.
0:43.6	And I'm Martha Barnett. I was out shopping the other day and I saw a smiley.
0:49.0	A smiley?
0:49.7	Yes. Now, Grant is not the kind of smile that you're probably thinking of.
0:54.2	George Smiley from the spy novels? No, not George Smiley, not the little round face and not the little emoticon.
1:02.3	I was out shopping and I saw a Smiley. Do you know what that could be?
1:07.1	Okay, we're going into slang territory here. We are. Okay, what is it? I don't know.
1:11.1	I have no idea.
1:11.6	We write smack dab in the middle of slang territory.
1:13.8	One definition of the word smile is bare flesh appearing between the top of a skirt or pair of trousers and the shirt or blouse.
1:23.3	And a smiley, according to this slang dictionary, is a man who's showing a smile.
1:29.8	We're not talking about the smile-shaped crevice when the rolls of fatter are exposed.
1:35.3	Something like that. It's like a muffin top.
1:37.5	And I know what book you were looking at, by the way.
1:39.3	I bet you do.
1:40.1	You were looking at Jonathan Green's brand new three-volume historical dictionary of slang.
1:44.8	Yes, sir. What a dictionary.
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