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You're listening to Away With Words. I'm Grant Barrett. And I'm Martha Barnett. I didn't know

until recently that I've been a bingo. Oh, yeah. Or at least I would have been a bingo had I

been trying to hail a cab in Seattle 30 years ago.

The reason I know this is because you and I grant asked listeners to share slang from their workplace.

And over on our Facebook page, Randy Raymond shared some of his memories of being a taxi driver.

In Seattle, 30 years ago?

Yes.

Okay, yeah.

Yes.

And Randy reports that in his experience, a bingo was someone who was hailing a cab that the driver wasn't able to pick up because he already had a customer. So the driver might tell the dispatcher, bingo at third and pike, so another cab would come along and get the passenger. Ah, very good. I've been a bingo many times, especially in the rain. I'm sure they're having a lot in Seattle. They never seem to come for me.

You're not a bingo. I end up trudging in the rain. Well, what else did he have on his list?

Another one that he had that I really liked was Greenpee. And I've seen this used in the automotive industry for a brand new dealer at the car dealership, a green pea, but you also refer to a new cab driver that way.

Oh, so this is related to the more general use of somebody being green means they're new or wet behind the ears. Yes. Ah, very good. Green pee. Yeah. And so, all right, I'm looking at this. Randy's got some great stuff, and I see nut on here. and this is the amount of money that the cab driver has to pay to the shop that he's renting the car from, right? Right. Right. And that reminds me of the poker term, because in order to make your nut, you've got to reach that bare minimum of value, right? In poker, it's the best possible hand. And so, like, if you make your nut, that means that you just got the card you needed to get the flush, right? Exactly. And in the car, if you make your nut, it means that

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