America's Secret Slang

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S1 E1 Guns, Booze, and Politics

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Politics is full of odd phrases like "pork barrel projects," "slush funds," and "lame ducks" -- all of which had practical origins and morphed to mean what they do today.

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2013/04/14 S1 E2

Them's Fighting Words

Have you ever wondered why someone who can't get it together is called a "basket case"? Or where the term "Yankee" came from? And why do we say someone "bought the farm" when they die?

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2013-04-14

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America's Secret Slang