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Episode: Forty Eleven Zillion (Rebroadcast) - 14 July 2025
Description: When thereâs no evening meal planned at home, what do you call that scramble to cobble together your own dinner? Some people apply acronyms like YOYO â âyouâre on your ownâ â or CORN, for âClean Out your Refrigerator Night.â Plus, when a barista hands you hot coffee in a paper cup, you may get a zarf to put it in â but what is that? And, the ongoing search for an alternative to the term senior citizen, and lots more.
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