Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris

21 Episodes

1. Why does oxygen have the wrong name? | ELEMENTS

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

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

   Published: 9/4/2024
4. Do geese see god? | PALINDROMES

   Published: 8/28/2024
5. Why is the word "dog" such a mystery? | ANIMAL WORDS

   Published: 8/21/2024
6. What mystery did the original "clue" solve? | MYTHOLOGY WORDS

   Published: 8/14/2024
7. Can a word be its own opposite? | CONTRONYMS

   Published: 8/7/2024
8. Do "vegetables" technically exist? | FOOD WORDS

   Published: 7/31/2024
9. What exactly is a "petard" anyway? | FOSSIL WORDS

   Published: 7/24/2024
10. Have you ever had the mulligrubs? | LOST WORDS

    Published: 7/17/2024
11. How did the planets get their names? | SPACE WORDS

    Published: 6/12/2024
12. Did the Greeks have a word for blue? COLOR WORDS

    Published: 6/5/2024
13. American vs. British English: A transatlantic war of words

    Published: 5/29/2024
14. Was an orange ever a "norange"? | WORD MASH-UPS

    Published: 5/22/2024
15. What's poopy about a poop deck? | NAUTICAL ETYMOLOGY

    Published: 5/15/2024
16. Can you be gormful, wistless or ert? | UNPAIRED WORDS

    Published: 5/8/2024
17. Why is it a "murder" of crows? | COLLECTIVE NOUNS

    Published: 5/1/2024
18. Is "posh" really an acronym? | WORD MYTHS

    Published: 4/24/2024
19. Are you getting these wrong too? | EGGCORNS

    Published: 4/17/2024
20. Why do we say "hello"? | GREETINGS

    Published: 4/10/2024