The Rubber Match - 3 Sept. 2012 (rebroadcast)

<p class="p1">SHOW SUMMARY</p> <p class="p2"></p> <p class="p1">Survey time! Do you call that kind of cap a beanie, a toboggan, or a stocking hat, or something else? What about rubber-soled athletic shoes? Do you call them sneakers or tennis shoes? Also, great Scrabble words, feeling owly, Jumpin' Jehoshaphat!, finjans and zarfs, catching plagiarism with mountweazels, and the art of long sentences. It's a larrupin' good episode!</p> <p class="p2"></p> <p class="p1">FULL DETAILS</p> <p class="p2"></p> <p class="p1">What do you call a knitted cap? A beanie? A toboggan? A stocking hat? Grant's Great Knitted Hat Survey (http://waywordradio.org/great-knitted-hat-survey.html) traces the different terms for this cold weather accessory used across the country.</p> <p class="p2"></p> <p class="p1">How do you refer to athletic shoes? Are they sneakers or tennis shoes? When canvas shoes with soft rubber soles came into use, they were so quiet compared to wood-soled shoes that one could literally sneak about. Outside the Northeast, however, tennis shoe is the much more common term.</p> <p class="p2"></p> <p class="p1">The biblical king Jehoshaphat is the inspiration for the exclamation Jumpin' Jehosaphat. This alliterative idiom probably arose in the 19th century, but was popularized by the cartoon character Yosemite Sam.</p> <p class="p2"></p> <p class="p1">Looking for some good Scrabble words? Try zarf, a type of cup holder of Arabic origin, or finjan, the small cup that's held by the zarf.</p> <p class="p2"></p> <p class="p1">Our Quiz Guy John Chaneski shows off his acting skills with a word puzzle based on sounds. </p> <p class="p2"></p> <p class="p1">Tight games often end up at a rubber match, or tiebreaker. Used for a variety of sports and card games, rubber match has been in use since the late 16th century, and seem to have originated in the game of lawn bowling. The term may allude to the idea of erasing one's opponent.</p> <p class="p2"></p> <p class="p1">Do dictionaries deal with copyright infringement or plagiaris