Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchTrademark this!
Hey, can we trademark this? No, I mean, can we trademark the word, "this"? We may not be lawyers, but that's never stopped us from having opinions, e…
3 years, 10 months ago
We're Doing Some Verbing | YSIW
Which came first, the chicken or the chickening out? The egg or the egging on? The noun or the verb? Today we're looking at verbing nouns and nouning…
3 years, 11 months ago
A Visit From Lady Mondegreen | YSIW
Have you ever wondered who Jimi Hendrix was talking about when he sang, "'Scuse me, while I kiss this guy"? We don't know! Because that's not what he…
3 years, 11 months ago
Encore: Place Name Showdown
Horrors! As a result of some unforeseen circumstances, we're without a new episode this week. We're disappointed, too! But this does give us a chance…
4 years ago
A really, really, really hard quiz
First we take a look at a survey of words that people think make other people sound smart, and then we tackle the most difficult word quiz we've ever…
4 years ago
We're in a Mood | YSIW
If I were you, I'd hold on to my hat, because in this week's episode we're going to try to tackle the subjunctive mood! We're doing a lot of this und…
4 years, 1 month ago
Driving Linguistic Change | YSIW
Some listener emails prompted Kathy and Ross to take a look at the idea that women are the real drivers of innovation in language.
4 years, 1 month ago
Get Thee Behind Me, 2021! | YSIW
It's our annual airing of grievances, as we vent about the words we'd like to leave in the rear view mirror as we head into a new year. And fair warn…
4 years, 2 months ago
The (Most Mispronounced) Words of the Year! | YSIW
We wrap up 2021 with a look at the most mispronounced words of the year-- we don't even know what some of these things are, let alone how to say them!
4 years, 2 months ago
A Grab Bag of Confusion | YSIW
Prompted by some listener emails, we're returning to our bread and butter: words we accidentally use when we mean to use other words. It's confusable…
4 years, 2 months ago