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Podcast: A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
Episode: Tilly Tickets (minicast) - 20 Oct. 2009
Description: Did you ever use a tilly ticket in the bathroom? Over the years, we've answered lots of your questions about words and phrases that have to do with going to the bathroom. We've talked about euphemisms like I have to go see a man about a horse. Or that Victorian-era locution, I'm going to go pluck a rose. Or my favorite: I'm going to visit Miss White. We've also talked about the origin of biffy, a word for outdoor facilities. And we discussed how the word john may have become synonymous with...