• 2013
  • TV-PG
  • 30m
America's Secret Slang

Summary Zach Selwyn takes viewers on a tour of the weird side of American English: slang, with man-on-the-street interviews; interviews with experts; and a great deal of humor. View more details

  • 2013
  • TV-PG
  • 30m

America's Secret Slang

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Zach Selwyn Laura Warner Ben Waters Robert K. Oermann

All cast & crew

7.9

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Apr 13, 2013

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : Flight 33 Productions

Summary Zach Selwyn takes viewers on a tour of the weird side of American English: slang, with man-on-the-street interviews; interviews with experts; and a great deal of humor. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Apr 13, 2013

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : Flight 33 Productions

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Apr 13, 2013
Guns, Booze and Politics
Politics is full of odd phrases like "pork barrel projects," "slush funds," and "lame ducks" -- all of which had practical origins and morphed to mean what they do today.
Episode 2 • Apr 13, 2013
Them's Fighting Words
Have you ever wondered why someone who can't get it together is called a "basket case"? Or where the term "Yankee" came from? And why do we say someone "bought the farm" when they die?
Episode 3 • Apr 20, 2013
Y'all Speak Country
The American South has given us words like "y'all" and "rednecks" as well as dozens of colorful phrases like "fly off the handle," "having an axe to grind," and "barking up the wrong tree.
Episode 4 • Apr 27, 2013
West Word, Ho!
Expressions from "riffraff" to "betting your bottom dollar", "passing the buck," "acid test" and even "heard it through the grapevine" all come from America's frontier days. But have you ever wondered why these phrases were first used?
Episode 5 • May 04, 2013
Coming to America
Ever wonder why American cowboys say "'git along little doggies" when they're talking about herding cattle? Or why a losing wrestler "cries uncle?" And why do we say "ouch" when we stub a toe?
Episode 6 • May 11, 2013
Talking Turkey
Americans have always loved to eat and expressions relating to food--from New York's "big apple" to "wake up and smell the coffee" --pepper our everyday speech. But where did they all come from?
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