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Thursday, June 11, 2026

Words: Renamed items & Bobby’s Gen Z lingo

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Did you know that a native English speaking person has learned about 20 000 words by the age of 20? With language constantly evolving there are new words being added to our lexicon all the time. Bobby found himself trying to interpret Gen Z lingo. Do you know what he’s talking about here?

Lindy’s new word for Spray and Cook

Lindy felt inspired to add to the English language with a much more descriptive name for something she uses every day. Warnings would have been helpful though.

Words
A new name for Spray and Cook?

New words for badly named items

It turns out that there are lots of things that our listeners feel are badly named. Just a warning – we can’t always control moments when Lindy gets a bit unhinged:

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Phil de Lange
Phil de Lange
Phil de Lange is the producer of the Ryan O'Connor Breakfast show and has been with Smile 90.4FM since it's inception in 2013. Through his work on the breakfast show he has won two national radio awards. He has been in broadcasting for 15 years and has honed his talent at 6 different radio stations. Outside of radio he is also a podcast producer and award winning stand-up comedian.

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