What do silver spoons, cash cows, and red ink have in common? In this Lexiconned episode, host TJ explores the surprising origins and cultural reach of financial expressions we use every day. It’s a lighthearted linguistic audit of how money makes us talk.

[Sources]

• Oxford English Dictionary
• Cassell’s Dictionary of Slang
• "Word Origins...And How We Know Them" by Anatoly Liberman
• Financial Times archive (Black Friday history)
• PhraseFinder.org
• Boston Consulting Group White Papers

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