Podcast Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris

How can you tell a bug from a beetle? \| ENTOMOLOGY ETYMOLOGY	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	41:59
Why is the Pope "the daddy"? \| HOLY WORDS	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	39:52
Why do Brits think 'pants' are underwear? \| CLOTHING WORDS	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	39:03
Why is there an N in "passenger"? \| TRANSPORTATION	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	43:26
Why were hatters mad? \| IDIOM ORIGINS	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	50:01
Is it a restroom or a loo? \| UK v. US English	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	47:51
Did Shakespeare write all his plays? \| THE BARD	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	33:25
How do you pronounce lieutenant? \| MILITARY WORDS	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	41:07
Why do we mind our Ps and Qs? \| PRINTING TERMS	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	40:29
Where the f*** do swear words come from?	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	50:51
Which flower makes you wet the bed? \| FLOWER NAME ORIGINS	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	44:19
Is this a rhetorical question? \| RHETORIC & LITERARY DEVICES	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	39:13
How did our naughty bits get their names? \| BODY ETYMOLOGY	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	45:07
What's the difference between a violin and a fiddle? \| MUSIC WORDS	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	29:28
Who invented zero? \| MATH & NUMBERS	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	32:46
Who was the original "goodfella"? \| CRIME WORDS	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	48:01
Who was the first to "paint the town red"? \| IDIOM ORIGINS	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	47:35
Is he Santa Claus or Father Christmas? \| FESTIVE ETYMOLOGY	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	38:20
What did a "sin-eater" do? \| JOB ETYMOLOGY	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	47:12
Is it a 'full stop' or a 'period'? \| PUNCTUATION	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	43:07
Is corporate jargon a synergistic value-add? \| JARGON	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	41:02
Who is the Jack in a deck of cards? \| GAME WORDS	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	43:02
Which cocktail's name means "moist little thing"? \| BOOZY WORDS	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	44:05
How can "tree" and "truth" be related? \| WOODLAND WORDS	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	58:23
What's the true meaning of 'happiness'? \| EMOTION ETYMOLOGY	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	48:45
What's the 'were' in werewolf? \| SPOOKY ETYMOLOGY	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	50:27
Why does oxygen have the wrong name? \| ELEMENTS	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	46:57
What does antidisestablishmentarianism mean? \| LONG WORDS	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	39:35
Why are you such a nincompoop? \| INSULTS	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	35:12
Do geese see god? \| PALINDROMES	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	28:31
Why is the word "dog" such a mystery? \| ANIMAL WORDS	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	47:39
What mystery did the original "clue" solve? \| MYTHOLOGY WORDS	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	30:01
Can a word be its own opposite? \| CONTRONYMS	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	48:39
Do "vegetables" technically exist? \| FOOD WORDS	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	36:05
What exactly is a "petard" anyway? \| FOSSIL WORDS	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	32:30
Have you ever had the mulligrubs? \| LOST WORDS	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	38:16
How did the planets get their names? \| SPACE WORDS	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	36:45
Did the Greeks have a word for blue? COLOR WORDS	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	33:36
American vs. British English: A transatlantic war of words	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	36:34
Was an orange ever a "norange"? \| WORD MASH-UPS	Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris	36:01

How can you tell a bug from a beetle? | ENTOMOLOGY ETYMOLOGY

Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris

41:59

Why is the Pope "the daddy"? | HOLY WORDS

Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris

39:52

Why do Brits think 'pants' are underwear? | CLOTHING WORDS

Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris

39:03

Why is there an N in "passenger"? | TRANSPORTATION

Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris

43:26