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Meeting a Word
April 12, 2008 8:51 am
(@grantbarrett)
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There's a frisson you get when you meet a word for the first time—feeling pleasantly stumped in between wondering, "What the heck does that mean?" and hurrying off to find out. Martha and Grant talk about some terms that had just that effect on them: ucalegon and cacoethes scribendi. This is part of a complete episode.
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