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Podcast: A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
Episode: Sleeve Island - 24 June 2024
Description: Language from inside a monastery. A Benedictine monk in the Episcopal Church shares terms from his world: For example, corporate prayer refers to praying as a group. And did you know thereâs a term of art for those annoying add-on costs when you buy tickets online? Itâs called drip pricing. Plus: Why do we hear the word Perfect! when weâve answered the most mundane of questions? Say you order chicken fajitas, and the server says âPerfect!â . . . What was so perfect about the order? All that, plus knitting slang, yuppies and hippies, mixtape vs. mixed tape, rubber jungle, as the crow fl...