38 Epizód

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

    Közzétéve: 2025. 03. 19.
  2. Which flower makes you wet the bed? | FLOWER NAME ORIGINS

    Közzétéve: 2025. 03. 12.
  3. Is this a rhetorical question? | RHETORIC & LITERARY DEVICES

    Közzétéve: 2025. 03. 05.
  4. How did our naughty bits get their names? | BODY ETYMOLOGY

    Közzétéve: 2025. 02. 26.
  5. What's the difference between a violin and a fiddle? | MUSIC WORDS

    Közzétéve: 2025. 02. 19.
  6. Who invented zero? | MATH & NUMBERS

    Közzétéve: 2025. 02. 12.
  7. Who was the original "goodfella"? | CRIME WORDS

    Közzétéve: 2025. 02. 05.
  8. Who was the first to "paint the town red"? | IDIOM ORIGINS

    Közzétéve: 2025. 01. 29.
  9. Is he Santa Claus or Father Christmas? | FESTIVE ETYMOLOGY

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

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

    Közzétéve: 2024. 12. 04.
  12. Is corporate jargon a synergistic value-add? | JARGON

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

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

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

    Közzétéve: 2024. 11. 06.
  16. What's the true meaning of 'happiness'? | EMOTION ETYMOLOGY

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

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

    Közzétéve: 2024. 09. 18.
  19. What does antidisestablishmentarianism mean? | LONG WORDS

    Közzétéve: 2024. 09. 11.
  20. Why are you such a nincompoop? | INSULTS

    Közzétéve: 2024. 09. 04.

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