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Public radio's lively language show! @marthabarnette @grantbarrett. [email protected]. Toll-free in US and Canada 877-929-9673. https://t.co/zgC1c74IhN
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Fetch yourself 100 feet of chow line, then check out this new episode: https://t.co/8UoqUOa5Ve An ambidextrous multilngual and author-coined names and much more…
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You're the last suck of the mango, the last Coke in the desert, the last beer in the stadium! https://t.co/Y6godxXFoW Those compliments and more in our latest new episode. Come dilly-dally with us!
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If you want the inside scoop to Bad Bunny's lingo, there is a book! Grant says it's excellent.
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Puerto Rican lexicographer Maia Sherwood Droz has put together a dictionary that breaks down the references Bad Bunny uses.
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It's all in a dezzick! A new episode of public radio's lively language show: https://t.co/L73hhhkfFk Tons of great callers, new language, old language, and the Cinema Synonym Sequels word game.
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We talk about the names behind pasta shapes with Chris Kimball of Milk Street!
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Bon Appétit columnist Maggie Hennessy helps us navigate the new rules of dining out.
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Wuzzle, fuzzle, gnurr, oosse, squatcho and more in the latest new episode! https://t.co/yD7CYhYSS8
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New emoji, including "face with bags under its eyes," plus the bug that gives us crimson color: https://t.co/JBwmpxaEQi And tons more in this latest new episode!
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We had a blast at the KPBS San Diego Book Festival yesterday at the University of San Diego! Thanks to everyone who came out to hear and see us, and to the organizers for such a fulfilling event.
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"Well, aren't you a tall drink of water?" "Yep, since hatchet was a hammer!" The latest new episode: https://t.co/CY1ChYXLkb [Photo by Kurman Communications LLC. Used and modified under a Creative Commons license. https://t.co/P2wgN01Omc
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Hi! Martha and Grant will speak at the KPBS San Diego Book Festival presented by the University of San Diego, Saturday, August 23, University of San Diego campus. Come join the Wayword word nerds and book nerds and RSVP at https://t.co/NWg5g5rbDh
@UofSanDiego #KPBSBookFestival
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Martha lays out the story behind "lorem ipsum" and other fun word origins:
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Even words have origin stories, and here author Martha Barnette shares seven fun word origins every writer should know.
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The thousand-year-old love poem — "delight in you is breath together with life" — and more in the latest new episode. https://t.co/Vk3uqfA4ao
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How do catchphrases become popular? https://t.co/SBzZUpSDGr And more in this new episode: https://t.co/QagmAV2SWZ
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One kind of visiting fireman paints the town red rather than douses it — that and more in our latest new episode. https://t.co/K97WlYTk9D
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In mud eels are / In clay none are / In pine tar is / In oak none is. New episode is: https://t.co/nthkkHfb5g
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This one's for the pilkunviilaajat, the comma-polishers. The saltigrade tardigrades. The mothers, the madres, the mères. The other shoe has dropped: https://t.co/Nw0tVAUkWB
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With forty-eleven social media outfits vying for your time and mental space, there's always home to come back to: we've relaunched the A Way with Words community forum. Come and get some sugar: https://t.co/xw1hZWcT0d
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Been out sworping lately? https://t.co/tWiCE2OMUq Or run the sweeper (a.k.a. the vacuum)? https://t.co/Vjkotlecdd Well, a new episode has hove into view: https://t.co/ZIi6fJIPtp
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Eh? What did they say? Let's find out — please help fund audio transcriptions for the entire "A Way with Words" episode back catalog! https://t.co/nlk4MpUuUc Thank you!
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