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The One-Finger Salute

Posted by Grant Barrett on October 31, 2009 · Add Comment

Knoxvegas

Posted by Grant Barrett on June 6, 2008 · Add Comment

puddle up

Posted by Grant Barrett on May 27, 2008 · Add Comment

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We Pinkie-Swear

Posted by Grant Barrett on November 26, 2007 · Add Comment

Fellow wordivas and wordudes, This week on A Way with Words we start a brand-new season! To celebrate, we noodled with anagrams, including the one in the title of this episode. Listen here. Also on the show: A New York City schoolteacher asks, “Why do we call our little finger a pinkie?” and relates his [...]
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finger trouble

Posted by Grant Barrett on July 4, 2007 · Add Comment

finger trouble n.— «The same quality has been designated “systematic diligence” elsewhere. Some radar observers exhibit “finger trouble” in tuning…» —by Stuart W. Cook Psychological research on radar observer training , 1947. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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