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日期：2007-06-30 12:23:29
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Word for the WiseOctober 30, 2006 Broadcast Topic: Malapropism Today we tip our linguistic hat to Irish dramatist Richard Brinsley Sheridan, born on this date in seventeen-fifty-one. Sheridan is the most famous literary member of a famed family that |
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Jimmies |
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日期：2007-06-30 12:22:34
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Word for the WiseSeptember 01, 2006 Broadcast Topic: Jimmies A husband and wife pair whose business includes dishing up ice cream for children asked about the word jimmies . Jimmies , for those who don't know, are tiny rod-shaped bits of usually choc |
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Coxey's Army |
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日期：2007-06-30 12:21:55
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Word for the WiseSeptember 04, 2006 Broadcast Topic: Coxey's Army This Labor Day we pay tribute to Jacob Coxey, a businessman who believed in the working man. Coxey was a quarry owner and reformer who led a group known as Coxey's Army, which inspired |
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Butterfly |
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日期：2007-06-30 12:21:13
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Word for the WiseSeptember 05, 2006 Broadcast Topic: Butterfly Which is the most likely explanation for how the butterfly got its name? A: From a long ago belief that butterflies (or witches in the shape of butterflies) steal milk and butter; B: Butt |
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Indian style |
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日期：2007-06-30 12:20:14
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Word for the WiseSeptember 06, 2006 Broadcast Topic: Indian style A young woman who has dedicated her career to helping others create strong and healthy bodies wondered at an expression that comes out of her own mouth regularly: Indian-style . If she |
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Google |
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日期：2007-06-30 12:19:09
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Word for the WiseSeptember 07, 2006 Broadcast Topic: Google Back on this date in 1998, two graduate students opened the (garage) door in Menlo Park, California, on their new business: Google, Incorporated. The spelling of their company name (register |
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Goats and marigolds |
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日期：2007-06-30 12:18:16
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Word for the WiseSeptember 08, 2006 Broadcast Topic: Goats and marigolds The coincidental pairing of Goat Days in Millington, Tennessee, and the Marigold Festival in Pekin, Illinoisboth events run through the weekendfinds us ruminating over whether w |
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Grief, anguish, woe, and sorrow |
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日期：2007-06-30 12:17:12
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Word for the WiseSeptember 11, 2006 Broadcast Topic: Grief, anguish, woe, and sorrow Today we mark a somber anniversary: it's been five years since terrorists struck the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. We've heard plenty of talk about grief and |
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Words from Charles Dudley Warner |
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日期：2007-06-30 12:16:21
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Word for the WiseSeptember 12, 2006 Broadcast Topic: Words from Charles Dudley Warner Today we mark the 1829 birth of writer Charles Dudley Warner. Even if you knew Warner was a newspaper editor and published more than a dozen books, we'd guess you'd |
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Bourbon |
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日期：2007-06-30 12:15:28
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Word for the WiseSeptember 13, 2006 Broadcast Topic: Bourbon Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend the Kentucky Bourbon Festival running today through Sunday in Bardstown, Kentucky. Its organizers claim 65% of the world's bourbon is dist |
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Sticks |
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日期：2007-06-30 12:14:32
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Word for the WiseSeptember 14, 2006 Broadcast Topic: Sticks A listener asked if we'd ever covered the topic of stick-in-the-mud . Since we'd prefer not to be tarnished with that label, we decided to tackle the question right away. A stick-in-the-mud |
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Nephew and nepotism |
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日期：2007-06-30 12:13:18
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Word for the WiseSeptember 15, 2006 Broadcast Topic: Nephew and nepotism Nowadays, the word nephew has two well-known meanings and one less-common one. Nephew can refer to the son of one's brother or sister, and it can refer to the son of one's broth |
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Words from Samuel Johnson |
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日期：2007-06-30 12:11:58
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Word for the WiseSeptember 18, 2006 Broadcast Topic: Words from Samuel Johnson Today we remember Samuel Johnson, the writer, editor, and lexicographer who was born on this date in 1709.Doctor Johnson's contributions to English literature are great. I |
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Broughams and boroughs |
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日期：2007-06-30 12:10:50
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Word for the WiseSeptember 19, 2006 Broadcast Topic: Broughams and boroughs Today we mark the 1778 birth of British journalist, statesman, and jurist Henry Peter Brougham. Brougham's name lives on in the lexicon because of his invention: he designed |
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Remembering Upton Sinclair |
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日期：2007-06-30 12:09:55
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Word for the WiseSeptember 20, 2006 Broadcast Topic: Remembering Upton Sinclair Today we mark both the birth anniversary of Upton Sinclair (the writer, reformer, and politician was born on this day in 1878) and the centennial of the publication of hi |
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Female curmudgeon |
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日期：2007-06-30 12:08:55
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Word for the WiseSeptember 21, 2006 Broadcast Topic: Female curmudgeon Call us crusty (that is, with a harsh or surly manner that may conceal an inner kindliness), but we were taken aback by the breadth and volume of responses to a listener's request |
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The fourth estate |
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日期：2007-06-30 12:08:01
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Word for the WiseSeptember 22, 2006 Broadcast Topic: The fourth estate A listener asked how the press came to be known as the fourth estate , then followed up her initial question with this challenge: what are the other three estates? Thanks to the e |
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Faulknerian |
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日期：2007-06-30 12:06:56
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Word for the WiseSeptember 25, 2006 Broadcast Topic: Faulknerian William Cuthbert Falkner was born on this date in 1897. Faulkner added the "U" to the spelling of his last name to make it appear more British (when he was trying to enlist in Canada抯 |
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The Objective Correlative |
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日期：2007-06-30 12:05:52
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Word for the WiseSeptember 26, 2006 Broadcast Topic: The Objective Correlative Today we mark the 1888 birth of Thomas Stearns Eliot, the American-born poet who grew up to become a British citizen and Nobel Prize winning poet, critic, and playwright. |
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Sesquipedalian |
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日期：2007-06-30 12:04:49
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Word for the WiseSeptember 27, 2006 Broadcast Topic: Sesquipedalian We talked recently about a listener抯 quest for the term for a person who uses large words when smaller ones would do. We couldn抰 come up with precisely the right word for our searc |
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Parameter |
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日期：2007-06-30 12:04:07
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Word for the WiseSeptember 28, 2006 Broadcast Topic: Parameter An old friend passed along an old (to him) complaint about the supposed misuse of the word parameter . We weren抰 sure just how to characterize his bete noire, but it may be safe to say h |
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Bobbies, Scotland Yard, and metonymy |
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日期：2007-06-30 12:03:18
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Word for the WiseSeptember 29, 2006 Broadcast Topic: Bobbies, Scotland Yard, and metonymy Greater London抯 Metropolitan Police Force opened for business on this date in 1829. The initial response from the public was iffy; half the original officers w |
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Guess the word |
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日期：2007-06-30 12:02:11
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Word for the WiseAugust 01, 2006 Broadcast Topic: Guess the word Ready to test your linguistic reflexes? Today we're playing Guess the word. Here's how it works. We pass along a number of meanings associated with a word (and we will not begin with th |
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Cataract Awareness Month |
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日期：2007-06-30 12:01:06
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Word for the WiseAugust 02, 2006 Broadcast Topic: Cataract Awareness Month August is Cataract Awareness Month. The American Academy of Ophthalmology is reminding folks cataracts are both relatively common and curable. As they encourage people to chec |
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John T. Scopes and silence |
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日期：2007-06-30 11:59:56
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Word for the WiseAugust 03, 2006 Broadcast Topic: John T. Scopes and silence John T. Scopes, who grew up to become the defendant in the so-called Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, was born on this date in the year 1900. Mr. Scopes was willing to stand tri |
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The Julian period |
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日期：2007-06-30 11:58:49
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Word for the WiseAugust 04, 2006 Broadcast Topic: The Julian period Today we mark the 1540 birth of Joseph Justus Scaliger, the French scholar honored as the founder of scientific chronology. In 1583, at the age of 43, during the middle of the Gregor |
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Mata Hari |
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日期：2007-06-30 11:57:57
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Word for the WiseAugust 07, 2006 Broadcast Topic: Mata Hari Today we remember Mata Hari, who was born on this date in 1876. Her story is well-known: she was a Dutch citizen (nee Margaretha Zelle) who moved to Paris in 1905 after her marriage ended. T |
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Slander vs. libel |
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日期：2007-06-30 11:56:57
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Word for the WiseAugust 08, 2006 Broadcast Topic: Slander vs. libel Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings was born on this date in 1896. Trained as a journalist, Rawlings spent much of her life in rural Florida, and she earned lasting fame (and a Pulitzer) for he |
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Galaxy and myriad |
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日期：2007-06-30 11:56:05
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Word for the WiseAugust 09, 2006 Broadcast Topic: Galaxy and myriad The Perseid Meteor Showers begin their most impressive period of falling tonight. We're milking the heavenly comings and goings with a look at the words galaxy and myriad . Galaxy re |
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Homage |
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日期：2007-06-30 11:54:59
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Word for the WiseAugust 10, 2006 Broadcast Topic: Homage Back in feudal days, in exchange for a fief, such as a tenancy of land, and for his protection, a man would formally and publicly acknowledge himself the vassal of his lord. The vassal would so |
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