1460-Caller-Diane-Cat’s-Pajamas by A Way with Words

The cat’s pajamas, denoting something excellent, arose in the 1920’s along with many similarly improbable phrases involving animals and their anatomy or possessions, including the gnat’s elbow, the eel’s ankles, and the elephant’s instep. http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2gX0KX7

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1460-Caller-Dan-Joshing by A Way with Words

Why do we say I’m just joshing you? Was there a Josh who inspired this verb? http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2h47A9V

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1460-Caller-Karen-Sea-Change by A Way with Words

A sea change is a profound transformation, although some people erroneously use it to mean a slight shift, as when winds change direction on the surface of the ocean. via Pocket http://ift.tt/2h47hvI

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1460-Caller-Anatopism by A Way with Words

An anachronism is something that’s placed in the wrong time period, like a Roman soldier wearing Birkenstocks. via Pocket http://ift.tt/2gWSKW2

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1460-Caller-Kelly-Titch by A Way with Words

The word titch means “a small amount,” and is most likely just a variant of touch. http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2gX4SX8

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1460-Caller-Kevin-Grum-Hole by A Way with Words

A San Antonio, Texas, listener lives in a house built by his grandfather, who was from Finland. The house has a small window in an upper corner that supposedly was designed to ensure that evil spirits could escape from the house. He thinks it’s called a grum hole. via Pocket http://ift.tt/2h40bHD

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1460-Caller-Larry-Carribean by A Way with Words

Where does the accent fall in the word Caribbean? Most English speakers stress the second syllable, not the third. The word derives from the name of the Carib Indians, also the source of the word cannibal. http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2gWX7kd

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1460-Caller-Nate-Established by A Way with Words

An eighth-grade history teacher from Denton, Texas, is teaching about colonial America, and wonders if there’s a difference between the phrases to found a colony or establish a colony. http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2h44LFU

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