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Podcast: A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
Episode: Barbecue Stoppers and Marmalade Droppers - 7 July 2008
Description: [This episode originally aired March 15, 2008.] Unless you've been hiding out in a galaxy far, far away, you know that this is an election year. Grant and Martha talk about current political slang. Ever hear of 'glass pockets'? Or 'horseracism'? Is there an etymological connection between 'caucus' and 'Caucasian'? A caller wants to settle a friendly argument: Is something not worth debating called a 'moot point' or a 'mute point'? A listener calls from in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to say that in her native Spanish, she can use several different words for 'love' to...