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John Ayto explains the origin, meaning and use of the words 'bottle' and 'bottler': Keep your English up to date: Bottle and Bottler: 23 November 2010.

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John Ayto explains the origin, meaning and use of the expression 'go postal': Keep your English up to date: Go Postal: 2 November 2010.

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Keep you English up to Date, Mark Shea explains the origin, meaning and use of the expression 'staycation', 5 January 2010

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Jim Pettiward explains the origin, meaning and use of the expression 'big up' Keep Your English Up To Date 14 April 2009

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Gavin Dudeney presents 13 short talks on new and changing words and expressions. From D'oh to Facebook.

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24 talks by Professor David Crystal on new and changing words and expressions. From awesome to yummy-scrummy.

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Professor David Crystal on new and changing words and expressions. 19 talks from bling to wysiwyg.

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Talks by Professor David Crystal on new and changing words and expressions. 26 talks from Make my day! to Hole-in-the-wall