What In The Word

WITW Short 19 - Hot Eggs

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It's a heavily food-related episode this week! Grab your white gloves out and pucker up, because we're talking about the historical rise of hot dogs and what the deal is about sucking eggs. Send us pictures of your grandma, friends. 


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Carolyn's Sources:

  • https://wordhistories.net/2016/10/12/teach-grandmother-to-suck-eggs/
  • https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2017/04/suck-eggs.html
  • https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/185777/what-is-the-origin-of-go-suck-an-egg
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teaching_grandmother_to_suck_eggs#:~:text=Teaching%20(your)%20grandmother%20to%20suck,so%20than%20the%20first%20person).
  • https://wordsuitcase.substack.com/p/suck-egg-grannies
  • https://idiomorigins.org/origin/teach-your-grandmother-to-suck-eggs
  • https://etymologyotd.wordpress.com/2019/09/19/phrase-origin-teaching-your-grandma-to-suck-eggs-3/

    • Portia's Sources:


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