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Sicko, Whacko, Weirdo
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Length:
44 minutes
Released:
Mar 31, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The -o suffix traces back to old comic strip characters with names like Knocko and Groucho. Neato!
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Released:
Mar 31, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Lexicon Valley #1: A Sin of Which None Is Guilty: Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the longstanding English language proscription against ending a sentence with a preposition. by Slate Debates