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Play Along with This Cryptic Crossword

Posted by Grant Barrett on March 6, 2021 · Add Comment

Sock it to Me (episode #1557)

Posted by Grant Barrett on November 16, 2020 · Add Comment

Laugh-In Catch Phrases

Posted by Grant Barrett on November 14, 2020 · Add Comment

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Beat-Feating

Posted by Grant Barrett on October 10, 2020 · Add Comment

While on a road trip, a listener caught herself using the expression beat-feeting, as in We were beat-feeting it to New York and back. Might it have to do with the mode of transportation in the old Flintstones cartoon? This is part of a complete episode.
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Zhuzh, Joozh, Zhoosh: to Adjust, Prettify, Make Neat

Posted by Grant Barrett on December 14, 2019 · Add Comment

Elijah from Akron, Ohio, was surprised when his girlfriend Jenny observed that he was zhuzhing his hair. Elijah was skeptical that zhuzh, meaning “to make more attractive,” was actually a word, until he heard others use it. The word was popularized by Carson Kressley in the original Queer Eye for the Straight Guy reality TV [...]
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Rob: Verb and Name

Posted by Grant Barrett on December 7, 2019 · Add Comment

After our conversation about first names that are also verbs, such as Grant, Bob, and Sue, a university freshman in Laramie, Wyoming, wrote to share a funny story about his dad’s name, Rob. This is part of a complete episode.
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