Word-origin Wednesday
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 2:56:44
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Synopsis
Word-Origin Wednesday is the weekly podcast that walks you through a word origin in five minutes or less.
Episodes
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Booze (Word-Origin Wednesday)
28/02/2018 Duration: 03minThe slang term "booze" goes back many years as a noun and many more years as a verb. And what's a boozeroo?
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Lent (Word-Origin Wednesday)
21/02/2018 Duration: 03minThe proper noun "Lent" evolved from a series of longer words ultimately related to spring.
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Valentine (Word-Origin Wednesday)
14/02/2018 Duration: 02minOn Valentine's day, you might send a valentine to your valentine. All of those uses share the same origin.
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Complicit (Word-Origin Wednesday)
07/02/2018 Duration: 03min"Complicit" is Dictionary.com's 2017 Word of the Year. It's less than a century old, but the original "complicity" is much older.
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OK (Word-Origin Wednesday)
31/01/2018 Duration: 04minWhich came first, "OK" or "okay"? And what does Martin Van Buren have to do with it?
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Fake News (Word-Origin Wednesday)
24/01/2018 Duration: 05minThe American Dialect Society named "fake news" its 2017 Word of the Year. The term has been around for a while, but the past few years, it seems to be everywhere.
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Unkempt (Word-Origin Wednesday)
17/01/2018 Duration: 04min"Unkempt," which means "sloppy or disheveled," goes back centuries. It's not the same as "unkept."