5 - CAKE (not the band)
Jul 31, 2017 ·
22m 3s
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...
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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
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Intro Music: https://animalmidnight.bandcamp.com/
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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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