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Dessert Stomach - 16 March 2020

2020/3/16
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A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

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Funny cat videos and cute online photos inspire equally adorable slang terms we use to talk about them. • Also, when a salamander is not a salamander, the story of an Italian term for a dish towel used halfway across the world, Bozo buttonsbetsubaraboth vs. bolthstraight vs. shtraightmlemhoosegowsticky bottle and magic spannercaster sugar, a word game, and more.

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