# twts one (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover twts one. Page: Feed: --- ## [TWTS: "Hunky dory" is doing just fine](https://www.michiganpublic.org/podcast/thats-what-they-say/2026-08-14/twts-hunky-dory-is-doing-just-fine) _2026-08-14 · That's What They Say_ If "hunky dory" means the same thing as "right as rain," then we face the question of how right rain is. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s665/audio/2026/08/20260814-twts-hunkydory.mp3) ## [TWTS: "Highfalutin" is too good for one spelling](https://www.michiganpublic.org/podcast/thats-what-they-say/2026-08-07/twts-highfalutin-is-too-good-for-one-spelling) _2026-08-07 · That's What They Say_ While we may know highfalutin language when we hear it, we don't all agree about how to spell "highfalutin" or where it comes from. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s665/audio/2026/08/20260807-twts-highfalutin.mp3) ## [TWTS: Be careful what you hear around the scuttlebutt](https://www.michiganpublic.org/podcast/thats-what-they-say/2026-07-31/twts-be-careful-what-you-hear-around-the-scuttlebutt) _2026-07-31 · That's What They Say_ We exchange scuttlebutt at the proverbial water cooler, and there's an etymological clue in that. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s665/audio/2026/07/20270731-twts-scuttlebutt.mp3) ## [TWTS: Time to talk about your watch](https://www.michiganpublic.org/podcast/thats-what-they-say/2026-07-24/twts-time-to-talk-about-your-watch) _2026-07-24 · That's What They Say_ The little clock we wear on our wrist could be called a clock. Instead, it has long had its own term, being called a watch instead. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s665/audio/2026/07/20260724-twts-watch.mp3) ## [TWTS: Careful how you're using that 👍](https://www.michiganpublic.org/podcast/thats-what-they-say/2026-07-17/twts-careful-how-youre-using-that) _2026-07-17 · That's What They Say_ Sometimes new slang jumps out in front of you, waving its hands, or thumbs, so that you can’t help but notice it. Sometimes it just sneaks up on you. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s665/audio/2026/07/20260717-twts-thumbsup.mp3) ## [TWTS: Understanding the depth of "fathom"](https://www.michiganpublic.org/podcast/thats-what-they-say/2026-07-10/twts-understanding-the-depth-of-fathom) _2026-07-10 · That's What They Say_ We can count fathoms when we’re measuring things. We can also metaphorically fathom or not fathom things. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s665/audio/2026/07/20260710-twts-fathom.mp3) ## [TWTS: Speaking of "bespoke"](https://www.michiganpublic.org/podcast/thats-what-they-say/2026-07-03/twts-speaking-of-bespoke) _2026-07-03 · That's What They Say_ This is a bespoke segment of That’s What They Say that focuses on “bespoke.” [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s665/audio/2026/07/20260703-twts-bespoke-rerun.mp3) ## [TWTS: Up and down your alley... and your street](https://www.michiganpublic.org/podcast/thats-what-they-say/2026-06-26/twts-up-and-down-your-alley-and-your-street) _2026-06-26 · That's What They Say_ If it’s up your alley, it might also be up your street. And perhaps it’s down rather than up. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s665/audio/2026/06/20260626-twts-alley.mp3) ## [TWTS: One rank, two pronunciations](https://www.michiganpublic.org/podcast/thats-what-they-say/2026-06-22/twts-one-rank-two-pronunciations) _2026-06-22 · That's What They Say_ You say "lieutenant," I say “leftenant” but let’s not call the whole thing off. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s665/audio/2026/06/20260619-twts-lieutenant.mp3) ## [TWTS: The wonky journey of "wonky"](https://www.michiganpublic.org/podcast/thats-what-they-say/2026-06-12/twts-the-wonky-journey-of-wonkey) _2026-06-12 · That's What They Say_ There’s more than one way to be wonky, and not all of them are bad. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s665/audio/2026/06/20260227-twts-wonky.mp3) ## [profullstack on Ko‑fi (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/NR3SXpHYjVxL) _2026-06-12 · **Sponsored**_ Open the creator's Ko‑fi page. ## [TWTS: Are we canceling adverbs?](https://www.michiganpublic.org/podcast/thats-what-they-say/2026-06-05/twts-down-with-adverbs) _2026-06-05 · That's What They Say_ Adverbs don’t always get a lot of love, captured powerfully in the writing tip “Abolish the adverbs.” [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s665/audio/2026/06/20260605-twts-no.adverbs.mp3) ## [TWTS: Scrimping, skimping, and the degrees of frugality](https://www.michiganpublic.org/podcast/thats-what-they-say/2026-05-29/twts-scrimping-skimping-and-the-degrees-of-frugality) _2026-05-29 · That's What They Say_ We scrimp and we save, and we skimp and we still save, which makes one wonder whether scrimping is different from skimping [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s665/audio/2026/05/20260529-twts-skimp.mp3) ## [TWTS: From fishmongers to warmongers - and warmongerers](https://www.michiganpublic.org/podcast/thats-what-they-say/2026-05-22/twts-from-fishmongers-to-warmongers-and-war) _2026-05-22 · That's What They Say_ Cheesemongers sell cheese, and gossipmongers usually start the gossip or spread it, rather than sell it. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s665/audio/2026/05/20260522-twts-monger.mp3) ## [TWTS: The death of doornails](https://www.michiganpublic.org/podcast/thats-what-they-say/2026-05-15/twts-the-death-of-doornails) _2026-05-15 · That's What They Say_ Many of us don’t talk about doornails very often, but sometimes we will when things are really, well, dead. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s665/audio/2026/05/20260515-twts-doornail.mp3) ## [TWTS: When "f" and "v" were sort of one](https://www.michiganpublic.org/podcast/thats-what-they-say/2026-05-08/twts-when-f-and-v-were-sort-of-one) _2026-05-08 · That's What They Say_ If you know how the sound "f" worked in Old English, it suddenly isn’t mysterious why the "f" in "leaf" turns into a "v" in the plural form "leaves." [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s665/audio/2026/05/20260508-twts-leaves.mp3) ## [TWTS: "Peak" felt fine until it was "peaked"](https://www.michiganpublic.org/podcast/thats-what-they-say/2026-05-01/twts-peak-felt-fine-until-it-was-peaked) _2026-05-01 · That's What They Say_ [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s665/audio/2026/04/20260501-twts-peaked-rerun.mp3) ## [TWTS: Why no one is "gonna Pittsburgh"](https://www.michiganpublic.org/podcast/thats-what-they-say/2026-04-24/twts-gonna) _2026-04-24 · That's What They Say_ If I say I’m gonna do it, I don’t necessarily mean I’m headed out the door right now to do it. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s665/audio/2026/04/20260424-twts-gonna.mp3) ## [TWTS: From "6-7" to sixes and sevens](https://www.michiganpublic.org/podcast/thats-what-they-say/2026-04-20/twts-from-6-7-to-sixes-and-sevens) _2026-04-20 · That's What They Say_ 2025 had lots of people talking about sixes and sevens, but not in the loose ends kind of way. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s665/audio/2026/04/20260417-twts-sixsandsevens.mp3) ## [TWTS: A hangout is a great place to hang out](https://www.michiganpublic.org/podcast/thats-what-they-say/2026-04-13/twts-a-hangout-is-a-great-place-to-hang-out) _2026-04-13 · That's What They Say_ Next time you’re hanging out with friends, you can debate just how slangy the phrasal verb ‘hang out’ is. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s665/audio/2026/04/20260410-twts-hangout.mp3) ## [ThreatCrush on GitHub (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/kvqeedZko9uC) _2026-04-13 · **Sponsored**_ View the ThreatCrush listing on the GitHub Marketplace. ## [TWTS: Fore! It's a lightning round](https://www.michiganpublic.org/podcast/thats-what-they-say/2026-04-06/twts-fore-its-a-lightning-round) _2026-04-06 · That's What They Say_ This may be one of the only times that throw pillows, golf, and curling all get wrapped into the same discussion. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s665/audio/2026/04/20260403-twts-lightning.mp3)