Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEpisode 29 (review): Ephemeral, enervate, inchoate, and more!
In this episode, we review some of our most useful words. Some of these are words you hear in daily life but may not be comfortable using on your own. Others are less common but are great additions …
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 28: Flaneur, melee, velleity, and more!
Matt went with highly unusual words this week. Mom went with tip-of-your-tongue. Combined, they make for an eclectic collection including flaneur, velleity, melee, and more. Somehow mom still manages…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 27: Latin week including Deus ex machina, mea culpa, and more!
While this week's episode won't be our magnum opus, we're showing our bona fides with Latin words and phrases! What do Jurassic Park and The Princess Bride have to do with the phrase Deus ex machina?…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 26: Hoi Polloi, pulchritudinous, recondite, and more!
Is it serendipity that brought you to today's episode? We'd like to think so. After all, where else can you hear pulchritudinous, hoi polloi, fetid, and seven more recondite words all used together …
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 25: Verisimilitude, pentapopemtic, and more!
You'll be glad there's no spelling test on this week's episode, because we discuss pentapopemptic, verisimilitude, and some other biggies. Plus, we also reveal the REAL definition of muggle, a fancy…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
Episode 24: Prestidigitation, encomium, churlish, milieu, and more!
Will you be writing us a long encomium after listening to today's episode? The are manifold reasons to think so. After all, we cover everything from a vulpine smile, the fanciest way to say "environm…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
Episode 23: Mores, sitzmark, sedulous, hiemal, and more!
Yes, there is a word for the mark your backside leaves in the snow when you fall skiing. No, cupidity has nothing to do with Cupid. And most importantly, there's a big difference between being ambide…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
Episode 22: Sangfroid, clinomania, swivet, cynosure, and more!
If the work week has thrown you into a swivet, this week's episode is sure to give you the sangfroid you need to avoid clinomania. As always, we give you define ten hard-to-remember words and give yo…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
Episode 21: Patriotic Words like Yankee Doodle, fealty, usurpations, and more!
With bombs bursting all around us, we're feeling patriotic. Hence this week's theme of words related to the 4th of July holiday. What exactly does it mean to be spangled? Where does fealty end and ji…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 20: Ablute, surfeit, perspicacious, and more!
Somewhere Elmer Fudd is smiling. Mom not only discovered the true meaning of "wabbit," she created an Elmer-Fudd themed way to remember its meaning. We also confabulate about perspicacious investors,…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago