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Vaping

Posted by grantbarrett on January 25, 2014 · Add Comment

Vape, meaning “to smoke an electronic cigarette,” is among the entries in Grant’s tenth annual Words of the Year List for The New York Times. This is part of a complete episode.

Get Your Tail Out of the Gravy

Posted by Grant Barrett on February 28, 2011 · Add Comment

Greetings, word watchers! In this week's episode, we talk about "making money hand over fist," "don't take any wooden nickels," "peter out," "thrice-happy pair," colorful idioms from around the world, and the substitute for "Gesundheit" that goes "Scat, Tom! Get get your tail out of the gravy!" It's here: http://waywordradio.org/wooden-nickels/ This episode also includes a [...]

Last Living Speakers

Posted by grantbarrett on February 16, 2008 · Add Comment

Grant talks about a Jack Hitt article on dying languages in the New York Times, which points out that sometimes “the last living speaker” of a language…isn’t. This is part of a complete episode.

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