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Have Your Cake and Eat it, Too

A California caller is puzzling over the expression β€œhave your cake and eat it, too.” Shouldn’t it be β€œeat your cake and have it, too”? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of β€œHave Your Cake and Eat it, Too” Hello, you have A Way with...

rape rack

rape rack Β n.β€”Β Β«Cows who are strapped into what the dairy industry calls a β€œrape rack” and artificially inseminated each year so they will give milk.Β»Β β€”β€œI Think; Therefore, I Don’t Eat Meat” by Mark HawthorneΒ OpEdNews.comΒ Jan. 3, 2008. (source:...

luxus consumption

luxus consumption Β n.β€”Β Β«Pennsylvania State University professor Dorothy Blair and Cornell professor Jeffery Sobal use the term β€œluxus consumption” to mean β€œfood waste and over-consumption leading to storage of body fat, health problems, and excess...

coyote camp

coyote camp Β n.β€”Gloss: an improvised place near the site of a forest fire where firefighters have chosen to sleep.Β Β«If travel time to the side (or flank) of the fire where firefighters are assigned, they could be asked to β€œspike out” which means...

wovit

wovit Β n.β€”Β Β«Years after Zimbabwe’s independence, President Robert Mugabe declares war on the white farmers, causing many to be killed along with their families and black supporters at the hands of squatting War Vets or β€œwovits” as they are called...

Buffet Flats (minicast)

Do you know what a β€œbuffet flat” is? Is it A) a type of shoe you wear to all-you-can-eat dinners, B) a lull in economic growth predicted by Warren Buffet, or C) a squalid apartment found in the Rocky Mountain States? Find out when Grant gives you...

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