Tag: Words

  • #158: Word Games

    In this episode, Ian and Michael get tangled up in word games: from guessing connections and spelling oddities to debating what words really mean and where they come from. It’s part linguistics, part confusion, and part infotainment as they wander through language quirks, cultural mix-ups, and the occasional AI twist. Proof, perhaps, that even words can be unfiltered. (This description was generated with the help of AI; this episode contains AI-generated speech)

  • #119: Sports Expressions

    Ian and Michael discuss expressions derived from sports - with an aside or two delving into other topics, such as the Oxford comma (and its lesser known sibling, the Cambridge semicolon)...

  • #113: Colors, Cookbooks, Conventions

    Ian and Michael discuss the concept of color and etymologies of color names, cookboks with odd themes, and conventions in literature and the arts.