38 Episodes

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

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

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

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

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

    Published: 19/02/2025
  6. Who invented zero? | MATH & NUMBERS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Published: 18/09/2024
  19. What does antidisestablishmentarianism mean? | LONG WORDS

    Published: 11/09/2024
  20. Why are you such a nincompoop? | INSULTS

    Published: 04/09/2024

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