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Episode 1594

Familiar Strangers

If you take up texting and social media late in life, there’s a lot to learn! A twenty-something wants advice getting her dad up to speed on memes, Instagram, and animated images. Plus, when you’re on a long road trip, what do you call...

Current Wife

A woman from Cape Cod is looking for a polite word that means the current wife of my ex-husband. She’s thinking about cur-wife, but somehow that doesn’t quite work. Neither does the phrase “that poor woman.” The hosts try to...

carpet planting

carpet planting  n.โ€” ยซThe Gardenโ€™s Cocos used “carpet planting” as another term for the pincushion gardens, because of their intense, dense planting.ยป โ€”โ€œVictorian garden steps into heyday” by Janice...

personal Everest

personal Everest  n.โ€” ยซWe awoke at dawn resembling damp tramps but feeling as if we had climbed a personal Everest of endurance…well maybe a Pen y Fan. Gordon Brown has his opinions on what defines courage. In my book, itโ€™s spending...