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December 20, 2008 9:51 am
In an earlier episode, we discussed whether there's a word for "a drawn-out leave-taking"-- when, say, a friend says "goodbye" but keeps thinking of "one more thing" to say before exiting. Martha suggested the term doorknob-hanging. Several listeners wrote to say that physicians commonly use the terms getting doorknobbed and doorknob question to mean something similar. This is part of a complete episode.