Getting Down & Wordy (Russell Pirkle & Hannah Weyer)

We talked about "Surface Pressure" from Encanto, onomatopoeias, and Ukraine's 2021 Eurovision song "Shum" by Go_A.

In light of the release of the live action The Little Mermaid and in support of Pride Month, in this episode we're talking about Doctor Octopus's drag persona, Ursula. Just kidding, but she IS purported to be based on a drag queen. Is it a fun cool drag queen that we should all celebrate? Well... At least Divine had lots of pride about being a drag queen. Oh? He didn't at all? Well . . . huh. Anyways, we discuss the mysterious origins of this word "drag". We discuss Polari, the secret language of carnies, thieves, and homosexuals. We discuss the first drag queen who was an ex-slave living in Washington D.C.!

In Eurovision of course we have to talk about Croatia's Let 3.

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We talk about pop songs about abortion and the etymology and history surrounding the word abortion. Also we play a game we're calling Kinkshame Abort Cancel. And we talk about other healthcare procedures which would make good pop songs. This episode is bound to be offensive to many. Don't @ us. Sum 41's doctor said your mom should've had an abortion, and we support that.

Today we discuss one of the biggest hits of 2024, and we look into the etymology and history of the endless list of words for coffee, from coffee itself to descriptors of types of coffee like macchiato.

For Eurovision, we discuss Norway's 2024 song "Gåte" by Ulveham, and we talk about Norway's coffee culture including weird coffee pairings.

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Huge thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”!

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** AUDIO QUALITY ADVISORY ** There's some trouble with Russell's recording in this episode. He may be a little tough to hear.

Today we talk Taylor Swift's song Anti-Hero. We talk about anti-heros and the etymology of the word hero, and we discuss linguistic bleaching, the way that words fade in strength over time. In Eurovision, we talk about the Baltic countries' entries.

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We're talking about perhaps the greatest Metallica song, probably the most listened to now that it got the Stranger Things bump.

And we're talking about "puppet". The word, the history, the creep factor, the surprising relevance and popularity of puppets today. If anything, they're more popular than ever before.

For Eurovision, we talk about Estonia's 2024 entry 5MIINUST and Puuluup ‘(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi.’ Definitely in my (Russell's) top 3 favorite songs of the competition. This is also the last episode we recorded pre-Eurovision so after this one we'll finally know what the rest of the world has known for months regarding the winner, the controversies, etc.

This is of course our second episode on the topic of puppets. If you haven't listened to our interview with Matt Sandbank the puppeteer yet, go back and give that a listen before or after this one.

You can find Matt Sandbank at these links:

His instagram here: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/sandbank_shadow_factory/⁠

Or his website: ⁠http://www.sandbankshadowfactory.com/⁠

Find us on instagram here: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/gettingdownandwordy/⁠

And email us at ⁠gettingdownandwordy@gmail.com⁠

Huge thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”!

This week’s promoted podcast is Bad Acts. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bad-acts-a-true-crime-podcast/id1538464479

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We talk about the etymology of the words nickname and pet name, why some nicknames don't look much like the name they're shortened from (like Robert -> Bob). Honorifics. Pet names through history. And for Eurovision we talk about Give That Wolf a Banana by Subwoolfer.

Today we discuss Ghostwriter's faux Drake and Weeknd song made using "AI". We talk the ethics of it. The news and controversy around it. The concept of digital blackface.

And we talk about AI generally and some of the words and terms that have arisen such as hallucination.

In Eurovision, we talk about Luxembourg, who is returning to the contest this year after thirty years of not participating. Small country, but they're a pretty big deal as they have five wins under their belt.

This week's featured podcast is Brutal Bizarre & Boozy. Check them out anywhere you get podcasts or at https://open.spotify.com/show/44Z9VDxjEVGpbPBkYzQorh?si=0556a1a9b65048bd

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Next week's episode will be about the word "puppet", the etymology, history, and cultural stuff surrounding the word.

So this week, I am interviewing my favorite puppeteer, Matt Sandbank. Matt Sandbank does lightbox shadow puppetry. His shows are clever, poignant, and hilarious. He is based in North Carolina, but he does shows around the country.

We talk about his puppet work, and his ideas and views of puppetry.

You can find Matt Sandbank on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/sandbank_shadow_factory/

Or at his website: http://www.sandbankshadowfactory.com/

Find us on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/gettingdownandwordy/

And email us at gettingdownandwordy@gmail.com

Huge thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”!

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Two asexuals talk about WAP. We see wtf is up with acronyms, initialisms, backronyms, macronyms, orphaned acronyms, the USA PATRIOT act and jump on the making fun of Ben Shapiro bandwagon, with a true song of ribaldry and then say some stuff about Maneskin and pasta words.

We discuss Ceelo Green's big hit (the radio edit) "Forget You", and we go deep into the evolution of the word dementia and society's ideas about it.

For Eurovision, we do Slovenia's song "Viktoria" by Raiven.

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Special thanks as always to Patsy Walker for our theme song. Find her at https://www.youtube.com/@patsywalker1481

We talk about the comeback story of 'vibe', reduplication and 'la di da', the importance of Lithuanian and The Roop.

Today’s song is SoOoO oRiGiNaL. We discuss sarcasm, good 4 u by Olivia Rodrigo, the return of rock pop punk whatever same as the old rock pop punk whatever, positive and negative face, the big five of Eurovision, and Anglo-Saxon and French pairs of English words.

Welp, we watched the musical Wonka movie. And one of us loved it and one of us did not. Which of us is which may not surprise you.

It's a "funny" movie with some funny words, so we thought we'd talk about what makes some words funny. We look at the discourse and research into what makes a word funny. And we list lots of examples of words that various people have pointed out as being funny words.

We also talk about Roald Dahl, a man who made a career out of making up funny sounding words.

In Eurovision, we discuss Spain's 2024 offering, "Zorra" by Nebulossa.

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Huge thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”!

This week’s promoted podcast is Thick Thighs & Creepy Vibes. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thick-thighs-and-creepy-vibes/id1736179086
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We talk about the KPOP band Blackpink and the history and etymology of the color pink. And for Eurovision, we discuss Finland's The Rasmus.

We discuss "As It Was" by Harry Styles, verb tenses, and whether a language's treatment of time, among other things, has any influence on our perception of time, which is to say, linguistic relativity. Also, instead of Eurovision, we continue to talk about the American Song Contest.

Happy Hanukkah listeners! We're discussing apartheid, the Israel Palestine conflict, and parallels to the history of Hanukkah.

To do that, we chose Dave Matthews, a man from South Africa who has spoken out against Palestinian genocide, and his song "Last Stop" about the topic.

For Eurovision, we talk about Israel's 2024 entry "Hurricane" by Eden Golan and the controversy surrounding it.

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Huge thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”!

This week’s promoted podcast is Beyond the Shadows. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://open.spotify.com/show/6hgfTsx24MjcxaopQNURyX?si=b7679e12b5a0417f

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We talk about Karol G, who made a song that Hannah actually liked (a rare phenomenon) even while saying repeatedly that she doesn't have an ear for spanish, whatever that means! We discuss "affirmative language", words like "yes", and in Spanish "si". Some alternatives like aye, roger, yeppers, uh-huh, nodding.... Is nodding an instinctive action? Darwin thought so. We'll tell you all about it. And did you know that many languages do not have a word for yes?

In Eurovision we discuss our favorites and other thoughts on all the contestants ahead of the contest which will have already happened by now for you listeners.

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We talk about Kentucky rapper Jack Harlow and the history of the whip, as a word and as a thing! Different types, whippings through the ages, whips in fiction . . .

For Eurovision, we talk about the Czech Republic's 2024 competitor, Aiko's "Pedestal", and we talk about trilled R's and the Czech Republic's unpronounceable variant on a trilled R.

This week's featured podcast is My Second Self and I. Find them here: https://open.spotify.com/show/3pzH0fR9c5jqIV404VuAAM?si=a220945ba70b4f0d

Big thanks to Patsy Walker for our theme song! Find her here: https://www.youtube.com/@patsywalker1481

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In honor of Halloween we decided to talk about the Swedish metal band Ghost and the etymology of metal, both as a word for the substance and as a word for the music. In Eurovision, we talk about Azerbaijan's 2022 song Fade to Black by Nadir Rustamli.

We talk about Sam Smith (who Russell stupidly misgenders like a hundred times, sorry listeners!), Kim Petras, LGBT and transgender stuff of course, and the etymology of body shop and specificly the word body. We look at some songs about other kinds of shops and Hannah tries to guess if they're sexual or not. And for Eurovision we talk about some of the songs that have been chosen for 2023 thus far, including Albania and Israel. 

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Today we discuss charisma and its little Scrappy Doo-esque sidekick rizz! What does it mean, where'd it come from? What's the story of charisma? Why do we say charisma in Dungeons & Dragons and not like "persuasiveness" or something? And while we're talking about Dungeons & Dragons, what slang terms could we come up with for the other D&D stats? We also discuss what is the deal with "ch". Why do we pronounce it three different ways (like k, ch, and sh)?

We're talking about CHArisma, so of course for Eurovision we have to talk about "Cha Cha Cha"! The song from Finland by Käärijä, the man so nice, he dotted his a's twice.

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We discuss the Bruce Springsteen of Vermont, Noah Kahan, and that one song he has that really sticks in your head. Also, what is stick season anyway?

We talk about the word stick and related words. And, no spoilers, but there are a lot of related words. We also look at some stick-based idioms like "more than you can shake a stick at", "the short end of the stick", "stuck up", and "sticks and stones".

For Eurovision, we discuss Georgia's 2024 song "Firefighter" by Nutsa Buzaladze. And we discuss the months of the Georgian calendar.

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Huge thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”!

This week’s promoted podcast is Speak of the Devil. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://linktr.ee/speakofthedevil
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We talk about Minced Oaths - dang, gosh, forked up, shitake mushrooms, etc., and also Kidz Bop, and also in Eurovision we discuss Finland's 2021 offering "Dark Side" by Blind Channel.

Today we talk about the number 1 most played karaoke song of all time (?) "Before He Cheats", and struggle to say something thoughtful about country music, a genre we know even less about than usual. We talk about the wild history of the expression "Souped Up", from safe crackers boiling dynamite to race horses taking the most cruel and disturbing drugs imaginable. Hannah tries and fails to teach Russell about consommes. And we talk about the history of soup in general. Also, supper vs. dinner!

In Eurovision we finally discuss Ukraine's 2023 offering, "Heart of Steel" by Tvorchi, a song which improves, a little, after repeated listens over the course of a year.

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We talk the origins and evolution of "slime" from unassuming mucus to cool guy best friend. DnD oozes. Young Thug's singing voice. RICO. And in Eurovision, we talk about the big 5's songs - Germany, Spain, France, Italy, and UK.

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Today we see what was the most popular song from exactly 100 years ago in 1923. And wow, it's weird. But it's nicely rooted in the history and culture of the time and tells us a lot about ethnicity, comedy, and the precarious fate of the banana at the time. So we dive into all that.

Additionally we give you the history and etymology of banana of course. And we talk about its relation to comedy and why 'bananas' means crazy, and so on.

In Eurovision, we discuss the top 6 funniest Eurovision songs of all time. I won't tell you which ones though, you'll have to listen to found out.

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This week we talk about barbie - the movie and the doll and the song "Barbie Girl" by Aqua. And as you'd expect we're pairing that with a girly language topic. We're talking about how women talk. Is it different from how men talk? Or is that a myth? How do you perform femininity in language? What are the conceptions and misconceptions, and what is the reality?

In Eurovision world, we discuss Czechia's 2023 offering "My Sister's Crown" by Vesna. Hannah tells us about this really wild Czechian myth featuring a famous detective of all things.

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It's the holiday season! Today we discuss The Neighbourhood's hit song "Sweater Weather" and the history of the sweater.

Why did we settle on SWEAT as the thing to name an article of clothing after? We'll talk about that, the etymology of "sweat" and other words for sweater like jumper, and generally how this particular sort of knitted shirt came to be so uniquely iconic

We also consider other non-religious winter seasonal songs, including "Brrr" by Kim Petras, which we forget to say the name of in the episode, so I'm mentioning it here, for you rare few who read episode descriptions.

For Eurovision, we talk about the first song to be announced for 2024 - France's "Mon Amour" by Slimane. Plus, the etymology of rendezvous.

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In case you want to check out our winter song playlist, here's the Spotify link:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6hEVsvLEOtS2UwGTDHkNmG?si=9b307a0757db4210

We speculate about Korean's influence on English, the evolution of the concept of "summer", and English's Germanic roots with "I Don't Feel Hate" by Jendrik.

We discuss the culture's complex and changing perceptions of Vanilla Ice, a rapper who there are lots of reasons to dislike, but maybe everyone's being a little too mean? His real story will suprise you. Will it make you like him more? Well.... No....

Then we talk about "gangway", a word which somehow we all intuitively know is kind of nautical and piratey, but where are we even encountering this word? In cartoons? In one extraordinarily popular rap song?

And's what's with "gang"? Where did this word come from?

Also other nautical idioms which we don't realize are nautical!

For Eurovision, we talk about Malta's 2023 offering "Dance (Our Own Party)" by The Busker. And we discuss some REALLY GOOD Maltese sayings, such at "the heat that farts".

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Today we excitedly interview Puppy Songs creator and musical genius Matt Hobbs, and together we all talk about how humans talk to pets, whether pets understand or not, and how pets communicate with us. We discuss pet voices. Child-parent relationships as models for interspecies relations - do they go in both directions? I mean like, does my cat think of me as her son? Should I give her a mother's day gift? How many words does the average dog know? Who is a good boy? Et cetera!

In Eurovision talk, we discuss Lithuania's "Stay" by Monika Linkyte. Turns out Matt Hobbs has a lot of deep and insightful things to say about this. Wow, it's really different when someone who actually knows something about music talks about a song!

You can find Matt Hobbs' awesome songs about his dogs and the dogs of others, and songs not about dogs at all, on just about every platform, including Tiktok, Spotify, and Youtube, by searching "puppy songs". Or you can go to his website: https://www.puppysongs.com/

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We talk about Rebecca Black's meteoric super hit song "Friday" and the history and etymology of the weekend. As for Eurovision, we discuss Sam Ryder's "Spaceman".

With the diabetes and the tooth decay and so on, what's scarier than sugary sweetness? Waking up early, according to Hozier!

We talk about how to say Hozier, and other things about this artist such as his penchant for activism.

And we discuss the word sweet, its origins and etymology.

In Eurovision, we discuss Portugal's 2024 entry "Grito" by Iolanda, because it's Halloween, and grito means scream, sort of.

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Huge thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”!

This week’s promoted podcast is Crime & Spirits. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://linktr.ee/crimeandspiritspodcast

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We have fun with numbers, talking about to too and two, number puns in Chinese and Spanish, and British Bingo. Also Mata Hari by Efendi and the Azerbaijani language.

Today we talk about Ice Spice, whose appearance on the scene has been so meteoric she hasn't even had time to make enough songs to fill an album yet. Is she an industry plant? Is that really a thing? Do Hannah and Russell know enough famous zoomers to stuntcast a new Spice Girls?

And we discuss the word mood itself, its etymology and how it's used now in contemporary culture. Additionally, to the dismay of everyone probably, we discuss grammatical mood for a hefty portion of the podcast. But then we talk about mood rings!

In Eurovision, we discuss Poland's offering "Solo" by Blanca. It did pretty good, but is that bad? Many Polish music fans think so. Also we discuss the giant free music festival in Poland, Pol' and Rock.

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This one's for the grammar nerds! (But not such grammar nerds that you'll cringe at all the stuff we inevitably got wrong.)

We're talking about Paula Abdul's greatest hit "Straight Up", and we're talking about irregular verbs, particularly about verbs that used to be irregular but are now regular, and about other words which are actually formerly irregular verb forms but we now use them for something else. Think of "wrought iron" or "what has God wrought?". Wrought was once the past tense form of work.

For Eurovision, we're talking about Finland's Windows95man and his song "No Rules". And we're talking about another grammar topic - telic and atelic verbs!

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Huge thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”! Find Patsy on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/@patsywalker1481

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We discuss the OG oxford comma enthusiasts, Vampire Weekend, the first hit song off their new album, and everyone's favorite goat-fish astrological sign, the capricorn. What are capricorns like? Where'd the goat and fish combo come from? What's the age of capricorn going to be like? Why are you asking us all these questions?

In Eurovision, we'll talk about Italy's 2024 entry "La Noia" by Angelina Mango.

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Huge thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”! Find Patsy on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/@patsywalker1481

This week’s promoted podcast is Haunted Moonlight. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/haunted-moonlight/id1703911242

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We talk about gender in language, epicenes, and argots plus "Loco Loco" by Hurricane.

We talk about the root of "root", accents, linguistic accomodation, "Je Me Casse", and "Industry Baby" on this our second-ish episode of Pop Etymology.

Today we talk about Coolio and his hit song "Gangsta's Paradise", and the etymology and history of paradise as a word and concept. For Eurovision, we discuss Ukraine's 2022 winning song Stefania by Kalush Orchestra.

Recently I got into the band Mannequin Pussy, and I thought it's interesting that they have trouble with censors in media and platforms such as Tiktok, for "pussy", a word that not that long ago was acceptable to use in any context because it had two meanings - cat and genitals. So we're exploring how it shifted over time from first meaning only cat, to then meaning cat and genitals, to now meaning only genitals. And now, it's even become grammaticized to a suffix in -ussy, as in bussy, pizussy, clussy, etc.

And what better song to represent pussy than Khia's "My Neck My Back"? Please, don't waste my timeussy, there is no better song.

In Eurovision we talk about the opposite of a pussy, a tower, with Poland's 2024 offering "The Tower" by Luna. And we talk about what Polish people call the female genitalia.

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Huge thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”!

This week’s promoted podcast is Freaky Fridays. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://linktr.ee/freakyfridayspod
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We're talking about the only artist whose name rhymes with RZA . . . SZA!

And of course we're talking about the surprising history of rhyming plus different kinds of rhymes. Which words do and don't rhyme? It's more complicated than you think. Are slant rhymes bad writing? It's more complicated than you think!

For Eurovision, we discuss Croatia's 2024 song "Rim Tim Tagi Dim" by Baby Lasanga. Meow cat, please meow back.

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Huge thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”!

This week’s promoted podcast is Caffeinated Conspiracies. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/caffeinated-conspiracies/id1454287363
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This week we talk about the 4 Non Blondes' one hit song from their one album. Why does it get so much hate? What’s under Linda Perry’s hat? Is it meth? And is Dolly Parton okay?

We tell you about various greetings and their origins. Looking to spice up your saying hello to people game? We’ve got you covered.

And in Eurovision we talk about Romania’s 2023 song, D.G.T. by Theodor Andrei. Enjoy it because there will be no Romania in 2024!

Huge thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”. Find Patsy on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/@patsywalker1481

This week’s promoted podcast is Ugly Radio. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ugly-radio/id1515895095

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Today we discuss Shrek the Musical, the live action musical play version of the first Shrek movie. How did this get made? Should it have been?

And we talk about the origin and many different meanings of gross.

In Eurovision talk, we discuss Ireland's "Doomsday Blues" by Bambie Thug.

Huge thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”! Find Patsy on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/@patsywalker1481

This week’s promoted podcast is Beyond the Shadows. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://open.spotify.com/show/6hgfTsx24MjcxaopQNURyX?si=b7679e12b5a0417f&nd=1&dlsi=7f3fda57e9764a61

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We selected the cringiest musical artist we could think of to feature in our discussion of cringe. What is this complex emotion and how has it evolved? And where did the word come from? Is it an ideophone? What's an ideophone? We discuss it.

In Eurovision, we discuss Austria's 2024 song "We Will Rave" by a Kaleen.

Find us on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/gettingdownandwordy/

And email us at gettingdownandwordy@gmail.com

Huge thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”!

This week’s promoted podcast is Haunted Apartment Complex. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jack-billings-presents-haunted-apartment-complex/id1572711048
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We are once again looking at the most popular song from 100 years ago! It's 1924's "Ain't Gonna Rain No More", an old folk song performed by a variety of artists, but most famously by Wendell Woods Hall, considered by some to be the first modern pop star.

We'll explore some of the popular lyrics of the song, a song which has countless verses since lots of singers like to add new ones.

And we'll explore the dialectical variation of losing the "R" sounds, particularly after vowels, like how in the song of the episode, "more" becomes "mo". This is a phenomenon known as derhoticization, R-dropping, R-less, and various other things. Where did this pronunciation quirk originate, and where did it spread to?

We'll also talk about the concept of R-like sounds in general, and how they're different in different languages. What makes a sound R-like, even in a language that doesn't have the letter R?

For Eurovision, we're talking about Cyprus's 2024 song "Liar" by Silia Kapsis.

Find us on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/gettingdownandwordy/

And email us at gettingdownandwordy@gmail.com

Huge thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”!

This week’s promoted podcast is The Lost Signal Podcast. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lost-signal-podcast/id1465964518

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Michael Colby, from the podcast Jack Billings Presents: Haunted Apartment Complex, stops by to fanboy out with Russell over Yeah Yeah Yeahs . . while Hannah sits there awkwardly and probably thinks about Dungeons & Dragons or something. And we discuss the dialect-y origins of their band name.

Then we talk about all the things that we say that hark back to a simpler, flatter earth (like 'edge of the world'). Surprisingly, a flat earth is in a lot of ways a very new idea, and not something people believed for most of recorded history.

For Eurovision, we discuss Moldova's 2023 offering, Pasha Parfeni's "Soarele şi Luna", like we're at our own little three person burning man. And we learn some Moldovan idioms.

Find the Haunted Apartment Complex podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jack-billings-presents-haunted-apartment-complex/id1572711048

Today's ad is The Ugly Radio. You can find them here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ugly-radio/id1515895095

Find us, these podcasts, and many others at our podcast network at podmoth.network

Today we discuss famous brother and sister duo Jack and Meg White. Explain cow punk. And talk about Lay Bankz' "Lady Boner Gone".

Then we get into the ick. What is it? Who has it? How can you avoid giving it to girls? Is it problematic?

For Eurovision, we'll tell you about Netherlands' Joost Klein and the Frysian people and their language. Spoiler, it's very close to English.

On this episode, our featured ad is the podcast Saturdays are for the Ghouls. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or right here:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/saturdays-are-for-the-ghouls/id1570983561

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Sacre Bleu, it's the return of Billie Eilish, and she's singing in French! Oh wait she's not, just the song title is in French. Well anyway! C'est la vie.

We talk about the rise of queerness in music. And then we talk about French, the language of love. Why is it thought of as the most romantic language?

For Eurovision, we discuss Luxembourg's 2024 song "Fighter" by TALI, and the Luxembourgian language's word for love.

Find us on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/gettingdownandwordy/

And email us at gettingdownandwordy@gmail.com

Huge thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”!

This week’s promoted podcast is Brutal, Bizarre, and Boozy. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://open.spotify.com/show/44Z9VDxjEVGpbPBkYzQorh?si=0556a1a9b65048bd&nd=1&dlsi=44ebdc801f444221
Find them, us, and lots of other great podcasts on our podcast network podmoth.network

We talk about "ABCDEFU" by Gayle and the alphabet - where it came from and why it's in the order it's in among other things. Instead of Eurovision, we discuss Amerovision - The American Song Contest.

Today in our second first episode, we discuss words of the 2010s, eggcorns and solecisms, Dadi Freyr, and "Love Like Woe" by The Ready Set.

We discuss the etymology of the word gremlin from its origins in fighter pilot culture to the Chris Columbus movie, which . . is it racist? I mean, besides the Asian culture racism. Are gremlins a racist caricature of African Americans? Then we talk about some other country's weirdly specific monsters. And we discuss our first Eurovision song of the 2022 contest - Romania's Llamame by Wrs, plus Romanian idioms! . . Which are quite possibly the best idioms, it turns out.

Other stuff . . . for some reason we talk about how gold is calcified Jesus pee. We explain the slang 'no cap' and half explain 'ops'. The origin of the word 'glitch' and 'bug'. As usual, we did a lot of research and incorporated like 10% of it into the episode very ineffectually.

We do say the F word a few times here so I'm marking it explicit, but it's otherwise really tame and nice. 

Check out these clips from some of the podcasts on our network! You can find them by simply searching the name of the podcast on your podcast listening platform, or by going to podmoth.network

We talk about Lizzo and her use of the word "overstand" in a statement she made apologizing for using ableist language. We look at the history and meanings of overstand and also ableist language and words you may not have realized are ableist. For Eurovision, we do Slo Mo by Chanel and discuss a few of the differences between the Spanish of Spain and the Spanish of Latin America.

This Thanksgiving we are diving into the slang phrase "It's giving" which is used to describe something's vibes or je ne se quoix or . . . Just listen to the podcast, we explain it. We also talk about the etymology of the word give itself.

We talk about Latto, a rapper named after a racial slur? And we'll tell you who she is and how she came to be famous.

And it's Thanksgiving, so we're talking about some Thanksgiving stuff, including the origin of the phrase "Indian giver".

For Eurovision, we discuss Germany's 2024 offering, "Always on the Run" by Isaak.

Find us on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/gettingdownandwordy/

And email us at gettingdownandwordy@gmail.com

Huge thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”!

This week’s promoted podcast is Freaky Fridays. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://linktr.ee/freakyfridayspod

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Today we're joined by Lowell Hobbs the lead singer of post-punk band Tongues of Fire to discuss the language of spiciness. We talk about the history of spicy food, the different kinds of spiciness, and how different languages have adapted words to describe the relatively recent introduction of capsaicin to their cultures.

For Eurovision, we talk about Australia's 2023 song "Promise" by Voyager.

Find Tongues of Fire on instagram @tongues.of.fire or their website https://tonguesofire.com/

You can of course generally find their music on most platforms including youtube and spotify. Check them out! They're great!

This week's ad is the podcast Supernatural Sisters. Find them here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/supernatural-sisters/id1485420916

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**POOR AUDIO QUALITY ADVISORY** There are some problems with the audio in this episode, namely some voice quality loss and a background puppy. Listener beware.

Today we are joined by Andres from the Latin Jukebox podcast to talk about Bad Bunny and the history and impact of Spanish on American culture and the English language. We discuss Bad Bunny's activitism in LGBTQ rights and Puerto Rico advocacy. 

And in Eurovision we talk about the Spanish contenders for Eurovision 2023. 18 songs which you can listen to here: https://eurovisionworld.com/national/spain/benidorm-fest-2023

We make our predictions and choose our favorites.

Listen to Latin Jukebox anywhere you listen to podcasts. Here is the link to his apple podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-latin-jukebox/id1533615587 

We talk "Age of Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" by The Fifth Dimension, and of course we talk about Aquarius the astrological sign, astrological ages, and the endless list of different astrological bodies which a sign can be 'in', i.e. moon sign, saturn sign, etc., and what each means. TRIGGER WARNING: we are a little derisive toward the whole idea of astrology at times, even though Hannah is an astrology enthusiast! 

In Eurovision news, we talk about Slovenia's entry for 2023, Joker Out. 

Our featured ad this week is from podcast Dead On, a true crime podcast. You can find Dead On here (or anywhere you get podcasts):

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dead-on-a-true-crime-podcast/id1538013005

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Today we talk about the classic Bobby Darin song and the original song which it was based on. We also talk about his life and career generally.

In etymology, we discuss the origin of various aquatic animals' names, including whales, dolphins, and cuttlefish . . . We also talk generally about the relationship between naming and observation.

We talked about water animals, so for Eurovision we talked about Waterloo, the hit song by Abba that won Eurovision in 1974 and really changed the game.

Today's featured podcast is The Moustachio Podcastio. Find it anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-moustachioed-podcastio/id1516217740

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Today we talk about Waka Flocka Flame's hit song "Hard in da Paint". What does hard in the paint mean and where did it originate? For that matter where did the word paint come from? We discuss some other basketball idioms in every speech. Then we do a March Madness style tournment bracket of the last 16 Eurovision winners. We choose our winner. If you want to choose your winner, you can find our list here, but I really recommend watching them as videos so you can see the performances.

The Eurovision winners:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37oFqgOIxPgROzktxA1oKv?si=4fdea437aac54282

This episode's featured ad is Fuck My Work Life. You can find them here https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/f-k-my-work-life/id1555824690

Today we are joined by Heddwen Newton. Heddwen is half Dutch, half British, and writes two entertaining newsletters about language. 

English and the Dutch is about how Dutch people speak English (hint: sometimes badly), and also dives into interesting etymologies that link the two languages. 

Heddwen has been writing about difficult-to-translate Dutch words and idioms since 2017 on her blog HoezegjeinhetEngels.nl.

English in Progress lists neologisms and Gen Z slang in a way that is funny but also lexicographically sound.

And we are talking about the Dutch influence on English including loan words and cultural intersections. Obviously we're pairing this with Tyler the Creator because, well, he made a song with a Dutch title, Yonkers. Find out what Yonkers means in the podcast.

For Eurovision this week we talk about the Netherlands' 2024 performer Joost Klein (and also learn how to say Joost Klein), and we talk about the aftermath and resolution to the controversy that happened with him during Eurovision.

Find Heddwen and her content at these links:

https://englishandthedutch.substack.com/

https://englishinprogress.substack.com/

https://hoezegjeinhetengels.nl/

Find us on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/gettingdownandwordy/

And email us at gettingdownandwordy@gmail.com

Huge thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”!

This week’s promoted podcast is Thick Thighs & Creepy Vibes. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thick-thighs-and-creepy-vibes/id1736179086

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Special guest Paisely from the podcast Learn German Through Music joins us to talk about Die Toten Hosen, the etymology of beer and alcohol, and Oktoberfest. And we discuss 2022 Eurovision German entry, "Rockstar" by Malik Harris.
Listen to Learn German Through Music on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/show/3JpaBUaBBb9JWk2djk533g?si=55b0eba0fa6b4a30

We talk Migos, Takeoff's death, car words, the history of the bourgeoisie in France and communist theory, and the origin and rise of 'bougie' in African American culture through class struggles and civil rights. And we discuss Portugal's 2022 Eurovision offering "Saudade Saudade" by MARO.

Maybe a lesser known Decemberists song, but probably one of the first ones I ever heard, we talk about "Myla Goldberg", and the person who it's about, author of the novel Bee Season. Lots of spoilers for people who have not read it and intend to, so watch out.

We discuss the spelling bee. How'd it start and what are the rules? And why is it only an English thing?

In Eurovision, we discuss a song in which they spell something, San Marino 2024's "11:11" by Megara.

Find us on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/gettingdownandwordy/

And email us at gettingdownandwordy@gmail.com

Huge thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”! Find Patsy on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/@patsywalker1481

This week’s promoted podcast is Haunted Tales. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/haunted-tales/id1624389921

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We talk about the Eiffel 65 song "Blue", the etymology of the word blue and some common idioms and expressions using the word blue. And for Eurovision, this week we discuss Switzerland's 2022 song "Boys Do Cry" by Marius Bear.

Today we talk about Metallica. Are they objectively bad?

We talk about the song "Welcome Home" (that's the song where they say "sanitarium"). What's it about, what's it based on, that kind of stuff.

We talk about sanitariums. What were they? How did they work? We also talk about backronyms.

In Eurovision talk, we discuss Germany's "Blood and Glitter" by Lord of the Lost.

This weeks featured podcast is Haunted Apartment Complex. Check them out anywhere you get podcasts or at this link:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jack-billings-presents-haunted-apartment-complex/id1572711048

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We review our favorites and least favorites of the podcast episodes of 2022.

We talk 5 favorite songs from the podcast. 1 worst song covered. 3 favorite language facts learned. Favorite and least favorite Eurovision song. And predictions for the future of the English language in 2023.

Today's featured podcast is Anything Bones! Find them here or anywhere you get podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/anything-bones/id1536352309

Find many other great podcasts at podmoth.network

This is the first episode of our new format. We've decided to stop talking about music, and from now on we will talk about fruits and their etymology and history instead. Today we'll taste some varieties of apples, kumquats, goldberries, pineberries, horned melons, and starfruit.

As for Eurovision, we're going to talk about the documentary released about the 2020 Eurovision competition, which is called Eurovision: Story of Fire Saga.

This week's ad is for the podcast Jack Billings Presents: Haunted Apartment Complex. You can find them here:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jack-billings-presents-haunted-apartment-complex/id1572711048

Find many other great podcasts at our podcast network at podmoth.network.

We talk about Lil Uzi Vert. Are they a Dr. Seuss character? Also the history of the purse and how it became pointlessly gendered. And from Eurovision, we discuss Tiktok phenomenon song "Snap" by Rosa Linn, and a little about the Armenian language.

We try to make sense of the Skibidi Toilet youtube videos and trace the word skibidi which really gets around, from Little Big's song "Skibidi" to Biser King's "Dom Dom Yes Yes".

We discuss the history of nonsense words with various examples including nonce words, sniglets, wugs, etc. And of course Lewis Carroll.

In Eurovision, we discuss the troubled past of Russia and the Eurovision song contest.

Today's featured podcast is Speak of the Devil. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://linktr.ee/speakofthedevil

Find them, us, and lots of other great podcasts at our podcast network, podmoth.network

Next week we will be talking about "Espresso" by Sabrina Carpenter, so this week we brought on a Sabrina Carpenter fan, our friend Jess from the wonderful music news podcast Music Notes with Jess.

We also talk about her podcast, music pet peeves, and the New York dialect.

Find Jess's podcast anywhere you get podcasts, or at this link:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/music-notes-with-jess/id1482464592

Also follow her podcast on instagram at this link:

https://www.instagram.com/musicnoteswithjess/

Find us on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/gettingdownandwordy/

And email us at gettingdownandwordy@gmail.com

Huge thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”!

This week’s promoted podcast is The Ugly Radio. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ugly-radio/id1515895095

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We talk about NSYNC, why pretzels are the ultimate Christmas snack, etymologically speaking, the merry marry mary merger, and of course why we say "Merry Christmas", spoiler - it's like saying have a drunken socialist christmas . . . We also talk about Lithuania's Eurovision offering Sentementai by Monika Liu.

We talk about astronomy words, speech tempo, anime boyfriends, and useful Norwegian words with "Fallen Angel" by Tix.

Today we welcome special guest, Youtube star Rob Watts of the Robwords English language show.

He joins us to talk about the definitely real UK rappers Pete & Bas. And we reveal the true story behind their whole deal (hoax? how dare you!).

Then we talk about some of the differences between UK and US English that you definitely don't already know about. I'm telling you. There are some really surprising differences in pronunciation and word choice beyond the stuff everyone already knows like "aluminum/aluminium".

For Eurovision, of course we talk about UK 2023, Mae Muller's "I Wrote a Song", to which Rob said "I wish she hadn't."

This week's episode's featured ad is Crime & Spirits. Find them here:

https://linktr.ee/crimeandspiritspodcast

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And find Robwords on youtube, tiktok, and lots of other platforms by searching robwords

Here's a link: https://www.youtube.com/@RobWords

Today, building on our discussion last week with Michelle Troszak, creator of the Interstellar Song Contest, we talk about fictional languages. We have all your favorites except for the Game of Thrones ones! Klingon! Elvish! Simlish! Furbish! Wenja from Far Cry! And more!

In Eurovision, we talk about space-themed songs throughout the years.

Remember to check out the Interstellar Song Contest at any of the following links:

The full show (like a radio show format):

⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/skysail-theatre⁠

⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4G93JBa74dvXuCBadnsyUk⁠

The cast album:

⁠https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/skysailtheatre/interstellar-song-contest-original-cast-recording⁠

⁠https://open.spotify.com/album/56VbHsBJNcn37QWiqFF4UP⁠

Skysail Theatre:

⁠https://www.facebook.com/skysailtheatre⁠

⁠https://www.instagram.com/skysailtheatre⁠

⁠https://linktr.ee/skysailtheatre⁠

Find us on instagram here: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/gettingdownandwordy/⁠

And email us at ⁠gettingdownandwordy@gmail.com⁠

Huge thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”! Find Patsy on youtube at ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@patsywalker1481⁠

This week’s promoted podcast is Bad Acts. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bad-acts-a-true-crime-podcast/id1538464479⁠

Find them, us, and lots of other great podcasts on our podcast network ⁠podmoth.network

The etymology of happiness including Jesus orgasms and hedonism. The Bulgarian language's inferrential verb tense. 

We did two songs today, Skate by Bruno Mars and Tranparent Soul by Willow. And we talk about tryna and other new contractions, see right through you and other eye based idioms, and The French Eurovision song Voila.

It's cuffing season, and we're talking about beige flags, things about a romantic partner that are not bad enough to be red flags, more like quirky or mildly annoying. Where did this phrase come from? What are some examples of beige flags? By the way, where does this word flag come from, etymologically?

We also talk about the flagpole sitting craze of the 1920s. Yes, people literally sat on flagpoles.

And for Eurovision, we discuss Armenia's 2023 offering, "Future Lover" by Brunette. And! Armenian terms of endearment.

Check out the podcast Freaky Fridays at this link:

https://linktr.ee/freakyfridayspod

And find lots of other great podcasts on our network https://podmoth.network/

Today we're talking about a super sunny song and the darkness that lies within.

And we're pairing that with the topic of covert hate speech, basically. A lot of numbers. Bigots seem to really like numbers. Kind of good to know what the tainted numbers are so you don't accidentally use them, just saying.

For Eurovision, we are finally talking about the winner of Eurovision, Switzerland's Nemo, and their song "The Code".

Find us on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/gettingdownandwordy/

And email us at gettingdownandwordy@gmail.com

Huge thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”!

This week’s promoted podcast is Haunted Moonlight. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/haunted-moonlight/id1703911242
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We talk about Beyonce's "Break My Soul", contractions, particularly "won't" and why it isn't "willn't". In Eurovision we talk about Moldova's "Trenuleţul" by Zdob şi Zdub & Advahov Brothers and the cedilla and the comma below in Romanian.

Today we talk to Michelle Troszak, founder of Skysail Theatre, about her new musical, The Interstellar Song Contest.

This episode is part 1 of our discussion on fictional languages, which will conclude in next week's episode.

The Interstellar Song Contest currently exists as a cast recording and a radio show in podcast format. Find Michelle, Skysail Theatre, and the show at the following links!

The full show (like a radio show format):

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/skysail-theatre

https://open.spotify.com/show/4G93JBa74dvXuCBadnsyUk

The cast album:

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/skysailtheatre/interstellar-song-contest-original-cast-recording

https://open.spotify.com/album/56VbHsBJNcn37QWiqFF4UP

Skysail Theatre:

https://www.facebook.com/skysailtheatre

https://www.instagram.com/skysailtheatre

https://linktr.ee/skysailtheatre

Find us on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/gettingdownandwordy/

And email us at gettingdownandwordy@gmail.com

Huge thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”! Find Patsy on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/@patsywalker1481

This week’s promoted podcast is Anything Bones. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/anything-bones/id1536352309
Find them, us, and lots of other great podcasts on our podcast network podmoth.network

Today we discuss Hannah's favorite song so she'll stop suggesting we do an episode about it every week. We talk about the pop culture of movie monsters that it arose from, and the pop culture of songs about dance crazes.

We explain the origin of the word monster and what words it's related to. And we explore the history of the idea of a monster. Where did it begin, and how has it evolved over time. Additionally we discuss some of the class Universal monsters.

In Eurovision, we talk about Austria's 2023 song "Who the Hell is Edgar?" by Salena and Teya. One of us loves it, one of us is very underwhelmed by it.

This week's featured podcast ad is for the Doe Identify podcast. You can find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-doe-identify-podcast/id1544009777

You can find us, them, and lots of other great podcasts at our network, podmoth.network

On this jagged little podcast we discuss Alanis Morisette's first hit and what she's done since. Amazing what a woman with pockets can do.

Of course we're talking about hands, including the etymology of the word, and also the fingers, and also various hand signs such as the high five.

In Eurovision talk, we discuss the UK's 2024 offering, "Dizzy" by Olly Alexander. And we chat a bit about the Tiktok hand dancing trend.

Find us on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/gettingdownandwordy/

And email us at gettingdownandwordy@gmail.com

Huge thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”! Find Patsy on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/@patsywalker1481

This week’s promoted podcast is the Doe Identify Podcast. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-doe-identify-podcast/id1544009777
Find them, us, and lots of other great podcasts on our podcast network podmoth.network

Today we discuss Meghan Trainor's new song "Made You Look". That's right, Mrs. Spy Kid herself (she married a Spy Kid). Is the song kind of good or really bad? We also talk about "make" and other delexical verbs like take get do have go . . . Those verbs that get used to mean anything such that you can make a product, but you can also make a bed, make up with someone, make do, make a mistake, and on and on.

For Eurovision we talk about all the Scandinavian countries' entries this year.

Our featured ad on this episode is The Lost Signal podcast. You can find them here:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lost-signal-podcast/id1465964518

Find lots of other great podcasts on our podcast network at podmoth.network

We talk about how men talk! And we talk about how Matchbox Twenty talk with "Push" the surprisingly controversial song about pushing women around. Will I have some research about it? Well, I will. Well, I will.

As we did with the feminine genderlect episode, we have a couple interesting lists of words that men are more likely to know than women. Additionally, we talk about various researchers' takes on the notion, including Otto Jesperson who claims that English is a very manly language. Find out why he says so.

In Eurovision we discuss Italy's 2023 offering "Due Vite" by Marco Mengoni. Lots of crazy poetic language in that song like the moon exploding. Do we get to the bottom of it? No we do not. But we do talk about Italian hangover cures.

This episodes featured ad is the podcast Bad Acts. You can find them here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bad-acts-a-true-crime-podcast/id1538464479

You can find lots of other great pocasts including ours at podmoth.network

Next week we are talking about r-dropping accents - accents that say cah for car and so on, often found in British accents, and so we hunted down a real live British person to talk to about the British accent.

That person is Matt from the podcast Pick a Disc. On Matt's podcast, each episode a guest tells Matt about an album they love, and they have a nice chat about it that is insightful, funny, and highly listenable. I love this podcast. I know you will too. Check it out where you listen to podcasts or at this link: ⁠https://pod.link/pickadisc⁠

You can also follow Pick a Disc on instagram here: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/pickadisc/⁠

Find us on instagram here: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/gettingdownandwordy/⁠

And email us at ⁠gettingdownandwordy@gmail.com⁠

Huge thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”!

This week's promoted podcast is Jack Billings Presents. Their new season is King of the Bighouse. Find them wherever you get podcasts or at this link: ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jack-billings-presents/id1701071750⁠⁠

Find them, us, and lots of other great podcasts on our podcast network ⁠podmoth.network⁠