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cover of episode Forty-Eleven Zillion - 11 October 2021

Forty-Eleven Zillion - 11 October 2021

2021/10/11
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A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

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When there’s no evening meal planned at home, what do you call that scramble to cobble together your own dinner? Some people apply acronyms like YOYO — “you’re on your own” — or CORN, for “Clean Out your Refrigerator Night.” Plus, when a barista hands you hot coffee in a paper cup, you may get a zarf to put it in — but what is that? And, the ongoing search for an alternative to the term senior citizen, and lots more.

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