Episode 1547
Fun With Words
Martha Barnette, co-host of A Way with Words and author of Friends with Words (2025), shares fun origins of words like "spam" and "cocktail."
August 11, 202515m 35s
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Show Notes
Martha Barnette, co-host of the radio show and podcast A Way with Words and author of Friends with Words: Adventures in Languageland (Harry N. Abrams, 2025), shares some fascinating stories of where words like "spam" and "cocktail."
Topics
friends_with_wordsliteratureetymologylocal_wnycmartha_barnettelinguistics