1473-Caller-Julia-Learning-Vocabulary by A Way with Words

What’s the best way to learn lots of new vocabulary while studying for a test like the GRE? http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2stXVA0

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1473-Caller-Michelle-Single-As-A-Jaybird by A Way with Words

A woman in Fort Worth, Texas, wonders if she’s alone in using the phrase single as a jaybird to describe herself as unpartnered. The far more common phrase is naked as a jaybird, which is of uncertain origin, but which may stem from a young jay’s featherless appearance. http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2stTzsC

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1473-Caller-Kelly-Casted by A Way with Words

A theater professor who has cast many students in productions wonders about the past tense of the verb to cast. Is it cast or casted? http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2rUAouU

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1473-Caller-Robbie-Got-Her-Habits-On by A Way with Words

A Huntsville, Alabama, listener says that when someone was being abrasive or mean or defiant, her mother would say she’s got her habits on. This phrase appears in the work of many blues singers, including Lucille Bogan and Bessie Smith, and writers such as Langston Hughes and Zora Neal Hurston. via Pocket http://ift.tt/2qQZUkI

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1473-Caller-Robin-Stacking-Greased-Bb’s by A Way with Words

A listener in Bonifay, Florida, says when she was young and asked her mother what she was doing, her mother would respond I’m stacking greased bb’s with boxing gloves on. via Pocket http://ift.tt/2rzYMPz

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1473-Donkey-Bridge by A Way with Words

The German word for “mnemonic device” is Eselsbrucke, or literally, “donkey bridge.” http://waywordradio. via Pocket http://ift.tt/2qQXy54

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1473-Caller-Ron-Zonk by A Way with Words

A listener in Fort Rucker, Alabama, remembers a prank played on new Army recruits: when a sergeant barked the order Zonk!, all the seasoned soldiers would fall out of formation and run away, leaving the newbies to wonder what was going on. http://waywordradio. via Pocket http://ift.tt/2rzSFKY

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1473-Henry-David-Thoreau-Tree-Descriptions by A Way with Words

A vast Corinthian column. A fair, flaxen-haired sister with golden ringlets. An old citizen of the town. A harp upon which the wind makes music. An athlete that shows its well-developed muscles. A great green feather stuck in the ground. via Pocket http://ift.tt/2rAheYp

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