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This episode is our first WW1 special, we go into the history of cooties, basket case, booby trap and over the top. Taylor and Sam dig deep into the trenches of other gross words like "trench foot." Heads up, some mild adult language is mentioned the last 5 minutes.
References:
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/56500.html
http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2015/11/06/where_did_the_word_cooties_come_from.html
https://www.phrases.org.uk%2Fmeanings%2Fover-the-top.html
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/71000.html
Sam and Taylor sit down to discuss the origins of traffic jam, jam sessions, Pajamas and other random jam-isms. Also learn what onamonapias are!
References:
http://www.word-detective.com/2011/09/jam/
http://fashion-history.lovetoknow.com/clothing-types-styles/origins-pajamas
What are the 11 parts to the Pirate code? Taylor and Sam also discuss whether "shiver me timbers", "scallywag" and "walk the plank" were actually used by pirates.
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References:
http://www.historyextra.com/qa/pirate-history-origin-meaning-shiver-me%20timbers-why-say
http://www.word-detective.com/2010/03/scallywag/
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/walk-the-plank.html
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/08/pirates-rarely-made-people-walk-the-plank/
https://ore.exeter.ac.uk/repository/bitstream/handle/10871/14872/FoxE.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
This week we get into some friendly insults with not very friendly origins. Featured word this show are Smart Alec, Nimrod and Dunce!
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References:
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2017/01/origin-word-dunce/
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/13/messages/1497.html
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nimrod
https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=nimrod&qs_version=GNV
Did you know Leonardo da Vinci was very likely a grave robber? This week we discuss the "funny bone", "bone To pick", and "skeletons in the closet".
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References:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/skeleton-in-the-closet.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_snatching
http://www.word-detective.com/2012/01/funny-bone
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/30/messages/2181.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/etymology/comments/3cg1b9/origin_of_the_phrase_bone_to_pick/
Did you know the canary bird is named from the Island of the Dogs? Sam & Taylor also discover of the myth of where a crow's nest is originated and find kinder alternatives to killing two birds with one stone.
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References:
Allen's Dictionary of English Phrases
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-ast1.htm
https://www.qlanguage.com.hk/kill-two-birds-with-one-stone/
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The Word Jazz crew talks our first color-related episode. Included in this episode is "caught red handed", "green with envy", and the Blues!
References:
http://mentalfloss.com/article/33503/where-did-phrase-caught-red-handed-come
"Who Put the Butter in Butterfly" by David Feldman
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/debra-devi/blues-music-history_b_2399330.html
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Etymology gets racist this episode. It's all about cake-related phrases: "Cakewalk", "Piece of Cake" and "You Can't Have Your Cake and Eat it Too". Plus the Unabomber!
Sources:
http://www.stuffyoushouldknow.com/blogs/cake-walk-the-strange-origin-of-an-unwittingly-prejudiced-term.htm
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/piece-of-cake.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/magazine/20FOB-onlanguage-t.html
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Part 2 of 2. Things get even more gruesome as we talk about cat corpse related phrases such as "skinning a dead cat." Other phrases include raining cats and dogs, and curiosity killed the cat!
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References:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/curiosity-killed-the-cat.html
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-mor1.htm
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-rai1.htm
http://www.encyclopedia.com/philosophy-and-religion/ancient-religions/ancient-religion/odin
Part 1 of 2! Taylor and Sam talk about eating tongues and get confused by directions.
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References:
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=catcall
http://www.innovateus.net/innopedia/what-origin-cat-call
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/04/origins-kitty-corner-catawampus-cat-words/
https://www.petcentric.com/03-04-2014/cat-got-your-tongue-where-in-the-world-did-this-phrase-come-from/
Short form podcast about weird word origins! This episode we discuss bee related things, absurd expressions of the 1920's and Harry Potter.
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Sources:
https://www.livescience.com/39316-birds-and-the-bees.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_birds_and_the_bees
Short form podcast about weird word origins! This episode we discuss the expressions, "salad days," "in a pickle," and "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade."
-Special thanks to Animal Midnight for the theme: https://animalmidnight.bandcamp.com/
References:
http://www.snopes.com/language/phrase...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_li...
http://www.bonappetit.com/entertainin...