Speaker 1: Those old saints, phrases, idioms, you know, the things your
family and friends would pop up at any given time,
and it came from out of nowhere, and only sometimes
it actually made sense. Well, they had to start somewhere, right, Who, what, where, why,
when and how? Some of those old saints are not
only ancient, but still carry a powerful punch today. In fact,
I live by one of those old saints. Winning is
a choice. The goal of these episodes is to help
preserve not only a language, but lessons in life. My
name is Arrow. Worry Wart. Oh, I heard a lot
about that growing up with my worry wart mother. First,
it's not two words. It's actually a compound word, worry wart.
It originated in the late part of the nineteen twenties,
created by J. R. Williams. It was his job creating
a comic strip worry Wart. The young boy was brought
to life on his pages, and his character was worry Wart.
That's the name his older brother gave him, and it
was used as a nickname. The term later took shape
in our everyday language a person who worries excessively. Although
the strip is given total credit, when you dig deeper
into the research, it reveals it began to spread around
the world around World War II. So many people don't
want to be associated with being a worry wart, mainly
because warts are associated with frogs. Being worried might mean
you're around the amphibians. A worry wart isn't someone who worries,
but worries needlessly, often without justifiable reasons. Carson Daley from
The Today Show recently admitted on national television that he
was a worry wart kid. It led to frequent panic attacks,
which he still suffers from even today. So often worry
warts are accused of exaggerating. When you call somebody a
worry wart, you're pretty much saying you're overstressed, dude. The
truth is most people really don't know what it's like
that in itself will make you a worry wart. Something
our parents would say. My name is Arrow,