38 Episoder

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

    Publisert: 19.3.2025

  2. Which flower makes you wet the bed? | FLOWER NAME ORIGINS

    Publisert: 12.3.2025

  3. Is this a rhetorical question? | RHETORIC & LITERARY DEVICES

    Publisert: 5.3.2025

  4. How did our naughty bits get their names? | BODY ETYMOLOGY

    Publisert: 26.2.2025

  5. What's the difference between a violin and a fiddle? | MUSIC WORDS

    Publisert: 19.2.2025

  6. Who invented zero? | MATH & NUMBERS

    Publisert: 12.2.2025

  7. Who was the original "goodfella"? | CRIME WORDS

    Publisert: 5.2.2025

  8. Who was the first to "paint the town red"? | IDIOM ORIGINS

    Publisert: 29.1.2025

  9. Is he Santa Claus or Father Christmas? | FESTIVE ETYMOLOGY

    Publisert: 18.12.2024

  10. What did a "sin-eater" do? | JOB ETYMOLOGY

    Publisert: 11.12.2024

  11. Is it a 'full stop' or a 'period'? | PUNCTUATION

    Publisert: 4.12.2024

  12. Is corporate jargon a synergistic value-add? | JARGON

    Publisert: 27.11.2024

  13. Who is the Jack in a deck of cards? | GAME WORDS

    Publisert: 20.11.2024

  14. Which cocktail's name means "moist little thing"? | BOOZY WORDS

    Publisert: 13.11.2024

  15. How can "tree" and "truth" be related? | WOODLAND WORDS

    Publisert: 6.11.2024

  16. What's the true meaning of 'happiness'? | EMOTION ETYMOLOGY

    Publisert: 30.10.2024

  17. What's the 'were' in werewolf? | SPOOKY ETYMOLOGY

    Publisert: 23.10.2024

  18. Why does oxygen have the wrong name? | ELEMENTS

    Publisert: 18.9.2024

  19. What does antidisestablishmentarianism mean? | LONG WORDS

    Publisert: 11.9.2024

  20. Why are you such a nincompoop? | INSULTS

    Publisert: 4.9.2024

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