Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris

38 Episodes

1. Where the f*** do swear words come from?

   Published: 3/19/2025
2. Which flower makes you wet the bed? | FLOWER NAME ORIGINS

   Published: 3/12/2025
3. Is this a rhetorical question? | RHETORIC & LITERARY DEVICES

   Published: 3/5/2025
4. How did our naughty bits get their names? | BODY ETYMOLOGY

   Published: 2/26/2025
5. What's the difference between a violin and a fiddle? | MUSIC WORDS

   Published: 2/19/2025
6. Who invented zero? | MATH & NUMBERS

   Published: 2/12/2025
7. Who was the original "goodfella"? | CRIME WORDS

   Published: 2/5/2025
8. Who was the first to "paint the town red"? | IDIOM ORIGINS

   Published: 1/29/2025
9. Is he Santa Claus or Father Christmas? | FESTIVE ETYMOLOGY

   Published: 12/18/2024
10. What did a "sin-eater" do? | JOB ETYMOLOGY

    Published: 12/11/2024
11. Is it a 'full stop' or a 'period'? | PUNCTUATION

    Published: 12/4/2024
12. Is corporate jargon a synergistic value-add? | JARGON

    Published: 11/27/2024
13. Who is the Jack in a deck of cards? | GAME WORDS

    Published: 11/20/2024
14. Which cocktail's name means "moist little thing"? | BOOZY WORDS

    Published: 11/13/2024
15. How can "tree" and "truth" be related? | WOODLAND WORDS

    Published: 11/6/2024
16. What's the true meaning of 'happiness'? | EMOTION ETYMOLOGY

    Published: 10/30/2024
17. What's the 'were' in werewolf? | SPOOKY ETYMOLOGY

    Published: 10/23/2024
18. Why does oxygen have the wrong name? | ELEMENTS

    Published: 9/18/2024
19. What does antidisestablishmentarianism mean? | LONG WORDS

    Published: 9/11/2024
20. Why are you such a nincompoop? | INSULTS

    Published: 9/4/2024