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Episode 1464

Lie Like a Rug

The words we choose can change attitudes — and change lives. A swing-dance instructor has switched to gender-neutral language when teaching couples. He says that using words like “leader” and “follower” actually works better...

Gender Neutral Dance Terms

A swing-dance instructor in Burlington, Vermont, says gender-neutral language has been well-received in his own dance classes. Instead of the words man and woman, he now uses leader and follower. He reports this not only helps clarify his...

Kelly day

Kelly day  n.— «Elimination of “Kelly days” for police officers. These are extra days off when the officers change shifts. Two years ago, Kelly days were eliminated for senior officers on desk jobs who were not changing shifts...

lindy bomb

lindy bomb  v. phr.— «What is a Lindy Bomb? When dancers converge on one non-swing location with some sort of portable music source to dance, exposing the public to the dance. Another version is to go to hip hop/seventies club etc and...

lindy bomb

lindy bomb  v. phr.— «I’m not familiar with any of these acts? Are any of these bombable?» —“Any Lindy Bombing the Fillmore Jazz Fest?” by Clark Breyman SFSWING (Mailing List) (San Francisco, California) July...

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