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Back to SearchEpisode 39: Quisling, logorrhea, obambulate, and more!
This week is unintentionally tongue-twister week. Funambulist, logorrhea, obambulate... try saying all those ten times fast. We break down each one, …
1 year, 2 months ago
Episode 38: Election words like kakistocracy, sortition, precinct, and more!
Welcome to the least-divisive, least-political election podcast episode available today. It's election week here in the U.S., so we're doing electio…
1 year, 2 months ago
Episode 37: Shakespeare words like foison, inhearse, foppish, and more!
It's Shakespeare week! The Bard of Avon invented and popularized a wide range of words, some of which you're probably familiar with, others less so. …
1 year, 2 months ago
Episode 36: Inure, plaudit, crepuscular, and more!
We hope to earn your plaudits with this week's episode. We cover a wide range of words, from crepuscular to inure to ignominious and more. Stay tuned…
1 year, 2 months ago
Episode 35: Salubrious, obtuse, punctilious, and more!
If you suffer from word agoraphobia, this episode is for you. Once you hear the mnemonics for salubrious, punctilious, quixotic, coeval, and more, yo…
1 year, 2 months ago
Episode 34: Promulgate, taxonomy, surmount, and more!
This week we promulgate the truism that you CAN learn vocabulary words with the best of them. So long as you're not incorrigible, of course. Tune in …
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 33: Ineffable, dilatory, lithe, and more!
Today's episode is not ineffable. But it's not fatuous or Byzantine either. The hope is that it will get you one step closer to achieving eudaimonia.…
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 32: Mawkish, aplomb, prurient, and more!
If you've spent the summer estivating, it's time to get out there are start using new vocabulary words with aplomb. We cover a redoubtable collection…
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 31: Maudlin, abattoir, grok, and more!
It's an ad cliche to say that such and such has "something for everyone," but that just might be true of today's episode. This week's words come fro…
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 30: elide, portmanteau, gasconade, and more!
Matt and Mom go a bit meta in today's episode. Almost every featured word is a word about words. You'll discover what a diphthong is (and how to pron…
1 year, 4 months ago