38 Avsnitt

  1. Where the f*** do swear words come from?

    Publicerades: 2025-03-19
  2. Which flower makes you wet the bed? | FLOWER NAME ORIGINS

    Publicerades: 2025-03-12
  3. Is this a rhetorical question? | RHETORIC & LITERARY DEVICES

    Publicerades: 2025-03-05
  4. How did our naughty bits get their names? | BODY ETYMOLOGY

    Publicerades: 2025-02-26
  5. What's the difference between a violin and a fiddle? | MUSIC WORDS

    Publicerades: 2025-02-19
  6. Who invented zero? | MATH & NUMBERS

    Publicerades: 2025-02-12
  7. Who was the original "goodfella"? | CRIME WORDS

    Publicerades: 2025-02-05
  8. Who was the first to "paint the town red"? | IDIOM ORIGINS

    Publicerades: 2025-01-29
  9. Is he Santa Claus or Father Christmas? | FESTIVE ETYMOLOGY

    Publicerades: 2024-12-18
  10. What did a "sin-eater" do? | JOB ETYMOLOGY

    Publicerades: 2024-12-11
  11. Is it a 'full stop' or a 'period'? | PUNCTUATION

    Publicerades: 2024-12-04
  12. Is corporate jargon a synergistic value-add? | JARGON

    Publicerades: 2024-11-27
  13. Who is the Jack in a deck of cards? | GAME WORDS

    Publicerades: 2024-11-20
  14. Which cocktail's name means "moist little thing"? | BOOZY WORDS

    Publicerades: 2024-11-13
  15. How can "tree" and "truth" be related? | WOODLAND WORDS

    Publicerades: 2024-11-06
  16. What's the true meaning of 'happiness'? | EMOTION ETYMOLOGY

    Publicerades: 2024-10-30
  17. What's the 'were' in werewolf? | SPOOKY ETYMOLOGY

    Publicerades: 2024-10-23
  18. Why does oxygen have the wrong name? | ELEMENTS

    Publicerades: 2024-09-18
  19. What does antidisestablishmentarianism mean? | LONG WORDS

    Publicerades: 2024-09-11
  20. Why are you such a nincompoop? | INSULTS

    Publicerades: 2024-09-04

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Jess Zafarris and Rob Watts unravel the stories behind everyday words. Want to watch our episodes too? Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8R3ZnESMdsuTevq4ib9CvA

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