How America Talks (Rebroadcast) - 15 June 2015

<p>For language lovers, it's like New Year's, Fourth of July, and the Super Bowl all rolled into one: The brand-new online edition of the Dictionary of American Regional English. Martha and Grant explain what all the fuss is about. Plus, the debate over that meal in a glass container: some call it a hot dish, while others say it's a casserole. And just when did we start using the terms boyfriend and girlfriend? Also in this episode: painters and artists, vaping, chamber pots, the lucky phrase rabbit, rabbit, and a news quiz in limericks!<br /><br />FULL DETAILS<br /><br />Language lovers, rejoice! The Dictionary of American Regional English is now available online. This massive collection of regional words and phrases across the United States requires a subscription, but 100 sample entries, including sound recordings, are available for browsing.  <br /><br />What do you call it when a cop is on the road so everyone slows down? A Tallahassee, Florida, listener suggests the term cop clot.<br /><br />There are plenty of fish in the sea, but beware the catfish when trawling online. To catfish, from the 2010 documentary of the same name, has come to mean misrepresenting yourself online or instigating a hoax of a relationship.<br /><br />The terms boyfriend and girlfriend came into common use in the late 1800's.<br /><br />Why do we say get out of my bathtub when we're in sync on a playground swing with the person next to us? Listeners suggest that maybe it's because you're swinging "in sink."<br /><br />If you've kept up with the news these past few months, you're set for our Quiz Guy John Chaneski's News Limerick Challenge.<br /><br />Is there a difference between a hotdish (or hot dish) and a casserole? Here's the science: hotdish can refer to the same thing as a casserole, but not every casserole is a hotdish. <br /><br />Bae, as in baby, came into vogue via the bae caught me slippin meme—a selfie that's meant to look as if one's sweetheart actually snapped the picture. <br /><br />Would you call an artist who pain