Dog has one of the longest entries in the dictionary - thanks to more than 250 different doggy phrases. The OED asked for our help with five of these, and we're wagging our tails to have succeeded with four of them
1. One Sandwich Short of a Picnic
Aired: May 11, 2007The OED thought Balderdash & Piffle were just the people to help out with wor...
Aired: May 18, 2007Dog has one of the longest entries in the dictionary - thanks to more than 25...
3. Euphemisms: The Lace Curtain of Language
Aired: May 25, 2007The OED asked us to investigate how we prefer to call a spade a shoveling imp...
Aired: May 31, 2007From prison slang to gangster speak, the dodgy language of the underworld is ...
Aired: Jun 7, 2007Some of the most thumbed entries in the OED are those containing the naughty ...
Aired: Jun 22, 2007The OED politely asked us to assist them with five put downs and insults. We ...
Aired: Jun 29, 2007The Wordhunt looked into four eponyms - expressions which immortalize people ...
Aired: Jul 6, 2007The language of fashion is as changeable as the industry it serves. The OED n...
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