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cover of episode Real Corker - 21 April 2025
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Cynthia Johnson
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Grant Barrett
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John Chinesky
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Steve Davis
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Tim Affolter
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Vicki Todd
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Grant Barrett 和 Martha Barnett：我们喜欢听众分享的职场俚语，例如滑雪巡逻队的俚语。 Ned Green 分享的滑雪巡逻队俚语包括 "escargot"（指行动缓慢的游客）, "boilerplate"（指坚硬难行的雪道）和 "death cookies"（指特别糟糕的路况）。 Cynthia Johnson：Beaver Island 上的人们用 "boodling" 来形容在岛上随意闲逛的活动，这个词可能是一个临时创造的词语，没有确切的词源。 Kate：她祖父用 "larapin" 形容食物美味，这个词最初的意思是 "殴打或鞭打"，后来引申为形容食物美味。 John Chinesky：这个测验是关于一些听起来像商店名称但实际上并非如此的词语，例如 "forgery"（伪造），"celery"（芹菜），"artery"（动脉），"mystery"（神秘），"buttery"（黄油）和 "rubbery"（橡胶）。 Patrick：他想知道 "ride or die" 这个短语的含义和起源，这个短语起源于嘻哈文化，表示无论发生什么都会支持彼此的人。 Vicki Todd：她祖父用 "Couldn't be better with less in all my life" 来回答 "你最近怎么样？"，这反映了他对生活的满足感。 Sam 和 Margo：他们想知道为什么狗叫声通常被写作 "bow wow"，而不是其他更贴切的拟声词，"bow wow" 是表示狗叫声的最古老的拟声词，可以追溯到莎士比亚时代。 Tim Affolter：他的祖母用 "fogohoi" 来称呼一种瑞士菜，这道菜用煎过的面包块和鸡蛋做成，"fogohoi" 是瑞士德语中 "Vogelheu" 的近似发音，意思是 "鸟草"。 Steve Davis：他分享了在乘坐货运列车旅行时学到的一些俚语，例如 "spanging"（乞讨零钱）和 "bull"（铁路公司雇佣的保安人员）。 Deb：她母亲常用 "Wouldn't that just cork you?" 来表达惊讶或失望，这个表达类似于 "Wouldn't that just shut you up?"，表示惊讶或失望。

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Samantha Harvey’s novel Orbital is a sensuous, exhilarating meditation about the strangeness of life on a space station, with its mix of tedious tasks and jaw-dropping views. And: a musician who rode the rails in his youth shares the slang he picked up along the way. For example, the word spanging is a blend of the words spare and changing, and means “panhandling.” Plus, what does the doggie say? The sound of a dog barking is often written as bow wow. But why? Doesn’t barking sound more like ruff ruff? Plus, slang on the ski slopes, boodling, a jazzy pangram, larruping good food, avoir le moral dans les chaussettes, a quiz about puzzling store names, ride or die, a clever answer for when someone inquires as to how you’re doing, and lots more.

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