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Everything is Tickety-Boo

Posted by Grant Barrett on May 20, 2010 · Add Comment

Hello from your friends at AWWW! In our latest episode, we talked about idiosyncratic rules for Scrabble, the origins of the terms "picket lines" and "hooch," plus why actors "go up" on their lines and what we mean when we say there’s an "800-pound gorilla" in the room. http://waywordradio.org/everything-is-tickety-boo/ By the way, while researching the [...]