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  • TWTS: Reeling in the small fry

    TWTS: Reeling in the small fry
    Dec 8 2025
    It's a time of year when many of us are cooking and eating big meals together which may involve fried food and "small fry."
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    5 min
  • TWTS: When downloading gets emotional

    TWTS: When downloading gets emotional
    Nov 29 2025
    Now that we can "download" some "mashups," we should talk about how these words have changed over time.
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    5 min
  • TWTS: Movers and shakers made into shapers

    TWTS: Movers and shakers made into shapers
    Nov 24 2025
    As we merrily roll along, we might be moving and shaking, with maybe some shaping in there too.
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    5 min
  • TWTS: When "lickety split" took off

    TWTS: When "lickety split" took off
    Nov 17 2025
    We will share some fun linguistic facts about lickety-split, lickety-split.
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    5 min
  • TWTS: Here's a tip: "Tip" isn't an acronym

    TWTS: Here's a tip: "Tip" isn't an acronym
    Nov 10 2025
    From 17th-century England to modern-day gratuities, the evolution of "tip" is a story of linguistic twists and turns that ultimately lead to a surprising conclusion: it's not what you think it stands for.
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    5 min
  • TWTS: The bloody evolution of bloodletting

    TWTS: The bloody evolution of bloodletting
    Nov 3 2025
    Historically, bloodletting and bloodshed have been different things, but the line has blurred. Linguist Anne Curzan breaks down the evolution of words.
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    6 min
  • TWTS: Smack dab in the middle, give or take a little

    TWTS: Smack dab in the middle, give or take a little
    Oct 27 2025
    When you’re smack dab in the middle of something, you can’t be more in the middle of it.
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    5 min
  • TWTS: Getting through the history of "gh" is tougher than we thought

    TWTS: Getting through the history of "gh" is tougher than we thought
    Oct 19 2025
    English spelling can be a museum of earlier pronunciations, as we see in words like "night," "through," and "cough."
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    5 min