A Way with Words

Looking Up Unfamiliar Words

Posted by Grant Barrett on November 11, 2017 · Add Comment

Ball the Jack

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Cute as a Button

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Make A Train Take A Dirt Road

Posted by Grant Barrett on May 31, 2014 · 1 Comment

Remember the classic films Dogumentary and $3000? Those were their working titles, before they became Best In Show and Pretty Woman. We look at how movie titles evolve and change. Also, is Spanglish a real language? And balaclavas, teaching your grandmother to suck eggs, buying liquor at the packie, making a train take a dirt [...]
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Cop Clot

Posted by grantbarrett on January 25, 2014 · Add Comment

What do you call it when a cop is on the road so everyone slows down? A Tallahassee, Florida, listener suggests the term cop clot. This is part of a complete episode.
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Even More Tourist Nicknames

Posted by Grant Barrett on March 18, 2013 · Add Comment

A while back we asked listeners what they call tourists in their neck of the woods, and we’ve heard back about tourons, which combines tourist and morons, and in the Florida panhandle, folks from out of town are known as sand dollars for bringing along their pocketbooks. This is part of a complete episode.
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