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Get out your umbrellas -- it's raining pitchforks and . . . bullfrogs? This week, it's odd expressions that mean "a heavy downpour." Also, holistic...
- Added: May 23, 2012
- Length: 00:54:00
- Purchases: 2
Remember those children's classics, the Velveteen Rabbi and The Little Price? The Twitterverse is abound with these books with a letter missing. An...
- Added: May 10, 2012
- Length: 00:54:00
- Purchases: 3
What did you call the cliques in your high school? Were you a member of the nerds, the jocks, or maybe the "grits" or the "heshers"? Also, what's t...
- Added: May 04, 2012
- Length: 00:54:00
- Purchases: 3
What colorful language do you use to when you're angry and tempted to use a four-letter word? There's a difference between cursing and cussing: It...
- Added: Apr 26, 2012
- Length: 00:54:00
- Purchases: 3
A true story told live in London. Rachel heads to New York to find 'her inner Jew', but ends up having a sexual awakening.
- Added: Apr 23, 2012
- Length: 00:08:10
What time is it if it's "the crack of chicken"? And when exactly is the "shank of the evening"? How do you pronounce the word spelled H-O-V-E-R? Di...
- Added: Apr 19, 2012
- Length: 00:54:00
- Purchases: 3
Have you been dining on a budget lately? Martha recommends the necessity mess, potato bargain, and other tasty regional foods that won't break the ...
- Added: Apr 12, 2012
- Length: 00:54:00
- Purchases: 3
Ever been to an ABC party? How about a darty? The hosts discuss these and other slang terms heard around campus. They also talk about mulligrubs an...
- Added: Apr 04, 2012
- Length: 00:54:00
- Purchases: 2
If someone offered you a croaker with an old man's face, would you accept? You should! Croaker is a slang term for "hundred dollar bill." And did y...
- Added: Mar 29, 2012
- Length: 00:54:00
- Purchases: 2
It's all about the benjamins, and NPR Puzzlemaster Will Shortz has a game of monetary anagrams that's sure to give you a run for your spondoolies! ...
- Added: Mar 22, 2012
- Length: 00:31:13
Does the thought of going without your cellphone fill you with separation anxiety? Grant and Martha coin some monikers for this modern-day phobia. ...
- Added: Mar 22, 2012
- Length: 00:54:00
- Purchases: 3
What do you call it when you roll through a stop sign without ever coming to a complete stop? A California stop, a Michigan stop -- or something el...
- Added: Mar 15, 2012
- Length: 00:54:00
- Purchases: 3
Do you ever wonder why the almost-human characters that appear in video games can seem downright creepy? That disturbing sensation is called "the u...
- Added: Mar 08, 2012
- Length: 00:54:00
- Purchases: 3
Let's put the moose on the table: You have questions, and Grant and Martha have answers. For example, why would someone have an albatross around hi...
- Added: Mar 01, 2012
- Length: 00:54:00
- Purchases: 3
Which came first, orange the color or orange the fruit? And what's a busman's holiday? Martha and Grant talk about bumbershoots, brollies, nursery ...
- Added: Feb 23, 2012
- Length: 00:54:00
- Purchases: 2
What's the best way to help your child learn to speak a foreign language? One option is an immersion school, where teachers avoid speaking English....
- Added: Feb 16, 2012
- Length: 00:54:00
- Purchases: 2
Survey time! Do you call that kind of cap a beanie, a toboggan, or a stocking hat, or something else? What about rubber-soled athletic shoes? Do yo...
- Added: Feb 09, 2012
- Length: 00:54:00
- Purchases: 3
Why do spelling bees include such bizarre, obsolete words like cymotrichous? And why is New York called the Big Apple? Also, the stinky folk medici...
- Added: Feb 02, 2012
- Length: 00:54:00
- Purchases: 2
What do pigs have to do with piggyback rides? Martha and Grant have the answer. They also get a lesson from a listener in the fine art of speaking ...
- Added: Jan 25, 2012
- Length: 00:54:00
- Purchases: 2
If your friend says she's coming to town "Sunday week," exactly when should you expect to see her? And what do you call those typographical symbols...
- Added: Jan 19, 2012
- Length: 00:54:00
- Purchases: 2
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's . . . "witches' knickers"? Well, what do YOU call those stray plastic bags littering the landscape? Also, what it m...
- Added: Jan 12, 2012
- Length: 00:54:00
- Purchases: 2
How about some wind pudding with a dollop of air sauce? What's in a tavern sandwich? Do pregnant women really crave pickles and ice cream? Grant an...
- Added: Jan 04, 2012
- Length: 00:54:00
- Purchases: 2
Yo! Who you callin' a jabronie? And what exactly is a jabronie, anyway? Also, what do vintage school buses and hack writers have in common? Grant a...
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Dec 29, 2011
- Length: 00:54:00
- Purchases: 1
Why do some puns strike us as clever, while others are plain old groaners? Martha and Grant puzzle over this question. Also, the difference between...
Bought by KREV-LP, WCAI / WNAN, and KUOW
- Added: Dec 22, 2011
- Length: 00:54:00
- Purchases: 3
What's YOUR choice for the Word of the Year for 2011? What word or phrase best sums up the ideas, events, and themes that speakers of English have ...
- Added: Dec 15, 2011
- Length: 00:54:00
- Purchases: 3
