Blog This!

Originally aired June 8, 2007

Calling all blogophiles! Martha and Grant discuss some of their favorite online reading. A caller asks if there’s a word for “fear of palindromes.”  Grant explains the origins of “don’t have a cow.” Martha rhapsodizes about her favorite collective nouns. Grant reveals the meaning of the slang term “hockey hair.” A caller ponders whether the word “insurgent” is taking on a new meaning. And Quiz Guy John Chaneski presents a quiz about the initials “J.C.”
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