A Way with Words

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This account is no longer active on X. We are active at https://t.co/kXl7hEcQ4N. Or call/text 24/7 toll-free in US/Canada 877-929-9673, email [email protected].

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Color me surprised — it's a new episode of "A Way with Words" with the meaning of happiness. https://t.co/YeNWUz0yvU Obligatory other listening: https://t.co/iPCU9zwfwA

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If they're eating you out of house and home, call on Chef Mike and his meals à la ding! https://t.co/Ecz1YOnbj0 Tons of cool sayings and expressions in this brand-new episode!

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Cracking foxy and solving word games on a strange planet — light up your heartspoon with our brand-new episode: https://t.co/pQrPJFYxDf

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Hurry and scurry and flurry and worry until you're feeling poosly, or don't do that — instead listen to the new "A Way with Words" episode: https://t.co/2ZHDtkNrrd

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The first caller in the latest episode of @wayword debates if pets are somebody or something? Reminds me of this delightful anecdote from Annie Dillard’s “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek.”

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@wayword I’m a police officer in Buffalo, NY and we say two things — call off or we say bang in. Lol! Banged in kind of had a negative connotation to it like you did it on a holiday or something. Call off is more day to day

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Welcome to new stations and listeners via WESA FM in Pittsburgh, KTRL FM at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, and Radio IQ in Roanoke and central and western Virginia! https://t.co/T4tDavWtHM https://t.co/GAndlRcQuf https://t.co/CFzAHMLWZj

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Dictionary of our times: If a "party boob" is a breast unexpectedly visible while the other stays covered, and a "party foul" is when something accidently breaks or spills at a gathering, then “party politics” is a bunch of boobs making a mess that nobody wants to clean up.

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If you are a Canadian francophone, there's a survey on French swearing researchers are running! Si vous êtes un Canadien francophone, des chercheurs mènent un sondage sur les jurons en français! https://t.co/RYOYkZRSQF

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We are stoked by sick rides with you! https://t.co/CK8EC20kjf

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You dropped your pocket! Your epidermis is showing! Your sock is untied! https://t.co/aCf1FUoafK You'll go gunnybags over this new episode — it's gooder ��n snuff ’n’ not near as dusty.

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You dont have grob on some back-alley website nor go around the Wrekin nor trek out where God lost his galoshes — here is the new episode of "A Way with Words": https://t.co/YgRZ4sfpd0

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"Down bucket!" "Up for air!" It's another online-only bonus minicast from "A Way with Words": https://t.co/RNxs0kBTXz

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Mia says donate! She's part of the "A Way with Words" family, living with our producer, Stefanie Levine. Mia says a gift worth a half-dozen long johns or eclairs would help keep new episodes coming in 2026. https://t.co/RaoUzFCxy8 PS: Mia's health is 100% now!

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Thanks to new "A Way with Words" sponsor Ellipsus! https://t.co/tmx9AesGEs Ellipsus makes it easy for anyone to write together. Focus on creativity, collaboration, and community. Proudly pro-human. (No AI, ever.) And it's free for everyone!

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Bonus minicast! How place names change as they pass through languages, with "Picketwire" as our key example. https://t.co/6HW8KP3Nod

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If you're feeling Weltschmerz or you have the botts, the only solution is to listen to the latest new episode! https://t.co/HuHcueSItM We know it's only one hair from nine oxen but add oil! Maybe it won't turn off cold this week!

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Whippoorwills, bob whites, and chickadees. How do we decide the names of birds and what to call their calls? https://t.co/Frlwj3PoNa And lots more in the latest new episode.

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Fetch yourself 100 feet of chow line, then check out this new episode: https://t.co/8UoqUOa5Ve An ambidextrous multilngual and author-coined names and much more…