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A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

Herd of Turtles (Rebroadcast) - 3 November 2025

A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over · Nov 3, 2025 · 53:45

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Some college students are using the word loyalty as a synonym for monogamy. Are the meanings of these words now shifting? Plus, a biologist discovers a new species of bat, then names it after a poet he admires. Also, warm memories of how a childhood library card becomes a passport to new worlds. And: for a spell vs. cast a spell, thaw vs. unthaw, twice-cooked cabbage, a brain teaser in celebration of the great Stephen Sondheim, Dankie op’n plankie, right as rain, a turd of hurtles, a revolving s.o.b., tips for writing historical fiction, and plenty more.

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