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Podcast: A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
Episode: Above Your Raisinâ - 2 February 2015
Description: Thereâs a new kind of hamburger menu that involves pixels, not pickles. Itâs that little stack of horizontal lines in the corner of a webpage that you click to see more options. You might use a hamburger menu while webroomingâthat is, when you go home to buy a product online after inspecting it in a store. Also, a clever new option for an emoticon that means âOh, well!â Itâs called a smugshrug. And: what hospital workers mean when they say a potential patient is showing a positive âsuitcase sign.â Plus, French dictation contests and Chinese dictionary races...