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Touch Grass - 17 October 2022

2022/10/17
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A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

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High school students in Alabama share some favorite slang terms. If someone tells you to touch grass, they’re telling you to get a reality check — but the last thing you’d actually want to touch is dog water! Also, the history of the word hangover, and the many names, in several languages, for the effects of drinking too much alcohol. Plus, Do you smell what I’m stepping in? If you do, that means you’re following what someone is saying to you. And Erin vs. Aaronbloodynouncute little whiffet, a calming puzzle, leaning toward sawyersthe skinnycustard windswamp-gahoonhicklesnifter, gillygaloowhiffle-poofle, and guyascutus.

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