Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris
A podcast by Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris - Wednesdays
38 Episodes
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Where the f*** do swear words come from?
Published: 19/03/2025 -
Which flower makes you wet the bed? | FLOWER NAME ORIGINS
Published: 12/03/2025 -
Is this a rhetorical question? | RHETORIC & LITERARY DEVICES
Published: 05/03/2025 -
How did our naughty bits get their names? | BODY ETYMOLOGY
Published: 26/02/2025 -
What's the difference between a violin and a fiddle? | MUSIC WORDS
Published: 19/02/2025 -
Who invented zero? | MATH & NUMBERS
Published: 12/02/2025 -
Who was the original "goodfella"? | CRIME WORDS
Published: 05/02/2025 -
Who was the first to "paint the town red"? | IDIOM ORIGINS
Published: 29/01/2025 -
Is he Santa Claus or Father Christmas? | FESTIVE ETYMOLOGY
Published: 18/12/2024 -
What did a "sin-eater" do? | JOB ETYMOLOGY
Published: 11/12/2024 -
Is it a 'full stop' or a 'period'? | PUNCTUATION
Published: 04/12/2024 -
Is corporate jargon a synergistic value-add? | JARGON
Published: 27/11/2024 -
Who is the Jack in a deck of cards? | GAME WORDS
Published: 20/11/2024 -
Which cocktail's name means "moist little thing"? | BOOZY WORDS
Published: 13/11/2024 -
How can "tree" and "truth" be related? | WOODLAND WORDS
Published: 06/11/2024 -
What's the true meaning of 'happiness'? | EMOTION ETYMOLOGY
Published: 30/10/2024 -
What's the 'were' in werewolf? | SPOOKY ETYMOLOGY
Published: 23/10/2024 -
Why does oxygen have the wrong name? | ELEMENTS
Published: 18/09/2024 -
What does antidisestablishmentarianism mean? | LONG WORDS
Published: 11/09/2024 -
Why are you such a nincompoop? | INSULTS
Published: 04/09/2024
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