This main on A means with Words: Restaurant jargon, military slang, and contemporary Greek turns of phrase. • some restaurants currently advertise that they market “clean” sandwiches. But that doesn’t typical they’re condiment-free or the lettuce gained an extra rinse. In the food industry, words “clean” is taking on a whole new meaning. • A naval veteran wonders about a phrase he heard regularly while serving in Vietnam: offer me a huss, definition “give me a hand.” • how amazing idioms offered in Greece. For example, what go a Greek human mean if he tells you “I ate a door”?
This episode an initial aired April 1, 2017.
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This episode is organized by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett, and also produced by Stefanie Levine.
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