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We're no longer on Twitter, but you can find our whimsical adventure of idioms & other turns of phrase every Wednesday wherever you get your podcasts!

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We're no longer on Twitter, but we still release new episodes every Wednesday on your favorite podcasting apps! If you want to join this word nerd community with reading lists, early access, weekly polls, & behind the scenes content, check us out at https://t.co/GdZ0nhZeys

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This week Shauna and Dan explore the phrase bite the bullet. We discover the predecessor phrase and debunk several origination myths for this one. Bonus: Valets, Sepoys, and Artificial Intelligence.

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This week Shauna & Dan explore the phrase, Albatross Around Your Neck. Shauna delves into the etymology of albatross with some pretty cool connections. Bonus: Cubism, Lisa Loeb glasses, and Dan talking to the FBI agent listening in. #BunnyTrails

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This week Shauna and Dan explore the spookiness behind the term, Ghost Town. Shauna talks about old mining towns while Dan talks about the Gettysburg battlefields. Bonus: The great Coke vs Pepsi debate has a surprise winner. #BunnyTrails

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What happens when speakers of a language just decide to misquote a phrase until it takes on a life of its own? You get something like "Gild the Lily". Shauna's swoons over Heath Ledger. Dan treks through bad technicolor movies. #BunnyTrails.
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This week Shauna and Dan delve into the phrase, "Fourth Wall". Whether it's Deadpool, Jim Halpert, or Zack Morris, breaking that Fourth Wall is part of performance art. Bonus: Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, Don Gruffo, and Light bulbs. #BunnyTrails

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This week Shauna and Dan practice forgiveness as they explore the phrase, Let Bygones be Bygones. Bonus: Truth bombs from lyrical genius Tupac Shakur and Cobra mercenary Major Bludd. Plus... unicycles? #BunnyTrails

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What is a Hang Ten? How does one Hang Loose? Is it bad to Drop In? This week Shauna and Dan talk about their recent first time surfing and all the slang that goes with it. Bonus: Surfing Etiquette, the word 'brah', and traveling the world. #BunnyTrails

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This week Shauna and Dan try to go forward in a straight line while discussing the origins of the term, back track. Spoiler, they bunny trail anyway. Bonus: Dan gets angry with a guy from 1829 and Shauna talks early FPS games for the Game Boy Advance.

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This week Shauna and Dan explore the southern standby, that dog won't hunt. Did you know there is an early version featuring roosters? Bonus: US Presidents, Outlaw Country Music, and Hot vs Cold Coffee. #BunnyTrails

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This week Shauna and Dan talk about the insect idioms that have crawled their way into the English language. Bonus: Phineas and Ferb, a foxtrot, and legendary scary monsters. #BunnyTrails

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This week Shauna & Dan get spooky with Give Up the Ghost. This one has remained mostly unchanged for 900+ years, though its early usage wasn't meant to be figurative. Bonus: Generational labels, Zany cartoons, & Shakespeare's rhyming schemes. #BunnyTrails
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This week Shauna & Dan explore all that has been lost to the mists of time. Well, at least the phrase; which sounds spooky & spiritual. And maybe it is. Bonus: Calvin & Hobbes, peer pressure from dead people, amazing museums, & rhyming poems. #BunnyTrails

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This week Shauna and Dan explore the flattering phrase, to butter someone up. The origins are a bit murky, but we'll explore some popular theories. Bonus: Spanish Idioms, Friendsgiving, and Great Captains. #BunnyTrails

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RETRO: Shauna & Dan return from Chicago armed with what newspaperman Mike Ryoko called "Chicagoese". We take a look at the origins of Calling Dibs before doing snippets of others like Ferris Wheel, Jinx, Pipe Dream, & more. Bonus: Chicago food #BunnyTrails
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RETRO: Dan gets an earworm & it turns into an entire episode on the phrase, "Pardon My French". This week's phrase moves from the early 1800s literal usage to a current way to excuse bad language, with plenty of high points along the way. #BunnyTrails

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Dan hates on cucumbers. And a popular children's book series. And a popular TV mockumentary. But he is helpful in defining what a rundown is in baseball. Shauna explores a light history of pickling & the origins of "In a Pickle" on this week's #BunnyTrails
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How can "My Goodness" euphemistically refer to a god, when the words "god" & "good" are not etymologically related? And did Shakespeare start this one? Bonus: John Gilroy's Guinness campaign and Goldilocks' mattress. All this week on #BunnyTrails

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This week Shauna and Dan explore the phrase, Face the Music. Dan turns into an old man and yells at clouds while Shauna misses Bill and Ted. Bonus: Dan confuses Hugh Grant and John Hannah, then shares his dice collection. #BunnyTrails

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RETRO: Science fiction & science fact collide this week as Shauna & Dan discuss the origins & fun pre-history of the word "earworm". And then they talk all about those songs that just won't leave your brain! Bonus: Possible cures! #BunnyTrails https://t.co/CmNva6BeiF