America's Secret Slang

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Guns, Booze, and Politics
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Politics is full of odd phrases like "pork barrel projects," "slush funds," and "lame ducks" -- all of which had practical origins and morphed to mean what they do today.
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Them's Fighting Words
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Have you ever wondered why someone who can't get it together is called a "basket case"? Or where the term "Yankee" came from? And why do we say someone "bought the farm" when they die?
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Y'all Speak Country
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The American South has given us words like "y'all" and "rednecks" as well as dozens of colorful phrases like "fly off the handle," "having an axe to grind," and "barking up the wrong .. show full overview
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West Word, Ho!
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Expressions from "riffraff" to "betting your bottom dollar", "passing the buck," "acid test" and even "heard it through the grapevine" all come from America's frontier days. But have you .. show full overview
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Coming to America
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Millions of immigrants have flooded into the U.S. over the past 200 years, creating words and phrases that are uniquely American.
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Talking Turkey
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Americans have always loved to eat, giving rise to words and phrases relating to food. Find out where these expressions originated and what they really mean.

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