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Bottoms Up: Liquor Language - Ep. 30
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Episode Description
From “Dutch courage” to “paint the town red,” this episode uncorks the myths and truths behind your favorite drinking expressions. Join TJ Martin as he pours one out for linguistic history, one phrase at a time.
Full Source List
- Oxford English Dictionary – Definitions and first recorded uses
- Etymonline (Douglas Harper) – Etymology for “booze,” “hangover,” “one for the road,” etc.
- Merriam-Webster Dictionary – Contemporary definitions and usage
- Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
- Phrasefinder.org – Myths and origins for idioms
- Smithsonian Magazine – “The Real Origin of ‘Cup of Joe’”
- The Word Detective – Linguistic debunking of “wet your whistle” and “Dutch courage”
- British Library – Documentation on nautical slang and 19th-century expressions
- Shakespeare’s Plays – The Taming of the Shrew (reference to whistle)
- Word Histories Blog – Phrase histories and misattributions
- The Language of Food – Dan Jurafsky – “Jamoke,” “cup of Joe,” and culinary etymology
- Oxford Reference: Classical Dictionary – Origins of “hair of the dog” in ancient medicine
- National Archives (UK) – Records on the Marquis of Waterford and the 1837 Melton Mowbray incident
- Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations – Historical uses in speech and literature
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