Mailbag 1: Season 1
We respond to some of the mail you sent us about the first season of The Smug Buds!
Show Notes:
What does AWP stand for? It’s the Association OF Writers and Writing Programs.
Acronyms: Will was right! Acronyms are only if you say it like a word. If you say the letters, it’s an initialism. (Thanks to my co-editor, Laura, for that.)
An en caul baby:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeiGlI6GlcU
The Smug Buds Style Guide
The show is called “The Smug Buds.”
Will and Liz are The Smug Buds. One can also say that we are two smug buds.
The “the” may be ellided for social media purposes, similar to The New York Times and the Washington Post.
Gary’s speech at the Writer’s Institute:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ8wdwnNdww
Nocebo effect:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocebo
Will in vignette:
Calling a Wolf a Wolf:
https://www.alicejamesbooks.org/bookstore/calling-a-wolf-a-wolf
Kaveh Akbar’s tweet:
https://twitter.com/KavehAkbar/status/1107479721669849088
And another tweet that sort of speaks to our points:
https://twitter.com/NatashaOladokun/status/1107635658208755712
The This American Life, Vocal Fry piece (Act 2):
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/545/if-you-dont-have-anything-nice-to-say-say-it-in-all-caps
“Green Gamer”:
https://cartridgelit.com/2017/07/07/green-gamer/
Lyrics for “The Star Spangled Banner”:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#Lyrics
“Pickle Rick”:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickle_Rick
