1476-Caller-Marlice-Streely by A Way with Words

A listener in Cambridge, Wisconsin, says her mother, who is of Irish descent, used to tell her children to wash their hair so it wouldn’t be streely. This word derives from Irish for “unkempt,” and perhaps ultimately from a Gaelic term having to do with something “flapping” or “undone. via Pocket http://ift.tt/2tZ5QYH

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1476-Caller-Mary-Tuckered-Out by A Way with Words

To be tuckered out, or “tired,” is thought to derive from the image of a starved quadruped that’s so skinny and worn out that it has a “tucked” appearance just behind the ribs. It may have been influenced by an older verb tuck, meaning “to chastise.” http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2tuTAM5

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1476-Caller-Noel-Sorry-Charlie by A Way with Words

A Vermont family used to tease one of its members with the phrase Sorry, Charlie! She’s surprised to learn that this catchphrase comes from a long-running series of TV commercials for canned tuna. http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2tYO4oq

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1476-Caller-Phil-Hell-In-A-Handbasket by A Way with Words

A Huntsville, Alabama, man finds that his younger co-workers have never heard the phrase going to hell in a handbasket. Although the expression is at least as old as the U.S. Civil War, its etymology remains unclear. In the early 1960s, the humorist H. via Pocket http://ift.tt/2tZ5bqf

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‘ENEMY WITHIN: PROOF OF IDEOLOGICAL SUBVERSION’ – July 15, 2016 by Ground Zero Media

The majority of Americans who now have their top of mind awareness immersed into the damaged political process have not realized they have been groomed for the acceptance of totalitarian controllers that have made the empty promise of the imposition of order at all costs including the implementatio via Pocket http://ift.tt/29Jx0FP

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Parents get emotional support from social media by CBS Radio News

A study conducted by Pew Research Center and theUniversity of Michigan’s School of Information found that 75% of parents use social media, and that “mothers are heavily engaged on these platforms to both give and receive support from their networks. via Pocket http://ift.tt/1I5Q7JO

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‘NO COUNTRY FOR UNARMED MEN’ W/ GREG FORD – July 15, 2015 by Ground Zero Media

As the controversial Jade Helm military exercise officially begins today, rumors, speculation and disinformation run rampant on the internet. via Pocket http://ift.tt/1TEh1uC

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‘Planetary Emergency: The Menace Of War In The Anthropocene’ – July 15, 2014

The debate over “Climate Change” continues on throughout the world, but has anyone stopped to ask that maybe the Military Industrial Complex might have a role? Could the endless wars that the US has been fighting over the last 60 years have an impact on the environment? Tonight on Ground Zero, Cly via Pocket http://ift.tt/1l2W1e3

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