Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris
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Two of the internet's leading word nerds are here to unravel the stories behind everyday terms. Join YouTuber Rob Watts (aka RobWords) and author Jess Zafarr...
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Busting the 'nylon' myth
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Why do Brits think 'pants' are underwear? | CLOTHING WORDS
44:27
Why is there an N in "passenger"?
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Why do we say "as mad as a hatter"? | IDIOM ORIGINS
47:16
Is it a restroom or a loo?
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Did Shakespeare write all his plays?
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How do you pronounce lieutenant? | MILITARY WORDS
40:55
Why do we mind our Ps and Qs? | PRINTING TERMS
52:22
Where do swear words come from?
45:32
Which flower makes you wet the bed? | FLOWER NAME ORIGINS
40:42
Is this a rhetorical question? | RHETORIC & LITERARY DEVICES
46:38
How did our naughty bits get their names? | BODY ETYMOLOGY
30:21
What's the difference between a violin and a fiddle? | MUSIC WORDS
33:33
Who invented zero? | MATH & NUMBERS
48:34
Who was the original "goodfella"? | CRIME WORDS
48:44
Who was the first to "paint the town red"? | IDIOM ORIGINS
40:29
Is he Santa Claus or Father Christmas? | FESTIVE WORD ORIGINS
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What did a "sin-eater" do? | JOB ETYMOLOGY
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Is it a 'full stop' or a 'period'? | PUNCTUATION
42:51
Is corporate jargon "a value add"? | JARGON ETYMOLOGY
44:31
Who is the Jack in a deck of cards? | GAME WORDS
45:47
Which cocktail means "moist little thing"? | BOOZY WORDS
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How can "tree" and "truth" be related? | WOODLAND WORDS
49:50
How are people using "mortified" wrongly? | EMOTION ETYMOLOGY
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What's the 'were' in werewolf? | SPOOKY ETYMOLOGY
48:38
Why does oxygen have the wrong name? | ELEMENTS
40:20
What is antidisestablishmentarianism? | THE LONGEST WORDS
36:19
Why are you a nincompoop? | INSULTS
29:44
Do geese see god? | PALINDROMES
46:45
Why is the word "dog" such a mystery? | ANIMAL WORDS
30:43
What mystery did the original "clue" solve? | MYTHOLOGY WORDS
49:32
Can a word be its own opposite? | CONTRONYMS
37:14
Do "vegetables" technically exist? | FOOD WORDS
33:21
What exactly is a "petard"? | FOSSIL WORDS
38:59
Have you ever had the mulligrubs? | LOST WORDS
37:36
How did the planets get their names? | SPACE WORDS
34:20
Did the Greeks have no word for blue? COLOR WORDS
37:40
The battle between British and American English
36:50
Was an orange ever a "norange"? | PORTMANTEAUS & WORD MASHUPS
34:23
What's poopy about a poop deck? | NAUTICAL ETYMOLOGY
27:40
Can you be gormful, wistless or ert? | LOST POSITIVES
30:05
Why is it a "murder" of crows? | COLLECTIVE NOUNS
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Why we say "hello" 👋
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Is "posh" really an acronym? | WORD MYTHS
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The yucky origins of "Ça va?" 🇫🇷
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Are you getting these wrong too? | EGGCORNS
31:05
Why do we say "hello"?
