ABC Brisbane - A word in your ear

As we move from football to the racing season, Professor Roly Sussex is going hell for leather with equine expressions.

Professor Roly Sussex is joined by a special guest, Professor Tor Hundloe, to talk about the language of economics.

Professor Roly Sussex is trawling for examples of where one word has lots of different meanings.

Professor Roly Sussex is chatting about why jargon's necessary and appropriate in its in-house context, but why it can be vile elsewhere.

Professor Roly Sussex is chatting about words which should be struck from the English language.