Martha Barnette, co-host of the radio show and podcast A Way with Words and author of <a href="https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/friends-with-words_9781419778841/">Friends with Words: Adventures in Languageland</a> (Harry N. Abrams, 2025), shares some fascinating stories of where words like "spam" and "cocktail."

Martha Barnette, co-host of the radio show and podcast A Way with Words and author of Friends with Words: Adventures in Languageland (Harry N. Abrams, 2025), shares some fascinating stories of where words like "spam" and "cocktail."

Martha Barnette, co-host of the radio show and podcast A Way with Words&nbsp;and author of <a href="https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/friends-with-words_9781419778841/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Friends with Words: Adventures in Languageland</a>&nbsp;(Harry N. Abrams, 2025), shares some fascinating stories of where words like "spam" and "cocktail."

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