cover of episode Will The Rain Hurt The Rhubarb? - 17 January 2009

Will The Rain Hurt The Rhubarb? - 17 January 2009

2009/1/17
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Obamamania, Obamabot, Obamathon, Obamamentum— the list of variations on the name “Obama” goes on and on. Is there an English word that means “the in-laws of your son or daughter”? And what does it mean when someone says, “Well, that was odder than Dick’s hatband!”?

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