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Burrito Baby

More and more college students are getting pregnant — with burrito babies. Grant talks about new terms for “a full stomach” and other examples of campus slang. Also, is it safe to play on the macadam? And: overegging the pudding, what it means to be...

Hurts So Good

You know the feeling when something hurts so good? A massage therapist looks for a term that describes this mix of pleasure and anguish. Sensanguish? Hedonalgia, maybe? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Hurts So Good” Hello, you...

doga

doga  n.— «In Seattle, Brenda Bryan specializes in “doga,” or doggie yoga, developing her own technique, known as “barking buddha doga.” Combining hatha yoga—poses include the “woofing warrior one”—with massage and stretching for dog and owner...

rub and tug

rub and tug  n.— «They can be seen walking the streets, are hired at brothels, and there are, of course, those extra treats offered through thinly guised massage parlours, commonly known as “rub and tugs.”» —“Is it OK to play if you have to pay?”...

Blessing Way

Blessing Way  n.— «The Blessing Way has been adapted as an alternative baby shower for spiritual moms in recent years. This is much less commercial and much more personal, intimate way to honor the blessed event of a birth. During Blessing Way...