thought plickens rebroadcast 3 jan 2010 this episode aired february 6 2010if youre inappropriately focused minutiae project instead bigger picture youre said bike shedding grant talks modern slang term martha discusses word goes way time right beginning fact word tohubohu means mess confusiongrant martha discuss new term bike shedding old tohubohuwhered term swan song caller says expression came conversation just retirement wonders origin martha reads email listeners suggesting alternatives word retirementis word criteria singular plural quiz guy john chaneskis puzzle phrases suggest pair words spelled alike letter doubled try guess nearly identical words suggested phrase wagered root vegetable its likely americas greatest linguistic export ok caller raised philippines curious origin hosts answer point familiar word english derives callers native language tagalogwhen appropriate use word female opposed womandavid pogue technology columnist new york times grapples slang quiz shares favorite slang term nonversation tries guess meaning archaic technological slang terms planktonocrit phenakistoscope sphygmographwhats correct pronunciation crayon cray cran crown heres dialect survey map shows distribution pronunciationsa green bay wisconsin caller curious mothers playful interjections said mother add holes ground started sentence shed interject buttons underwear said shed add said blind picked hammer saw watching movie dramatic tension rose shed declare thought plickens caller wonders expressions date particular context says shes taught indonesian husband  a way words funded listeners />get language question answered air write questions timeemail />phone united states canada toll free 877 way word/877 929 9673london 44 20 7193 2113mexico city 52 55 8421 9771donate />site />podcast />forums />newsletter />twitter />skype skype//waywordradio copyright 2010 wayword llc
      