• 5 - CAKE (not the band)

  • Jul 31 2017
  • Length: 22 mins
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5 - CAKE (not the band)

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  • Etymology gets racist this episode. It's all about cake-related phrases: "Cakewalk", "Piece of Cake" and "You Can't Have Your Cake and Eat it Too". Plus the Unabomber! Sources: http://www.stuffyoushouldknow.com/blogs/cake-walk-the-strange-origin-of-an-unwittingly-prejudiced-term.htm http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/piece-of-cake.html http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/magazine/20FOB-onlanguage-t.html Other links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wordjazz/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/word_jazz/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wordjazzpodcast Intro Music: https://animalmidnight.bandcamp.com/
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