A Quick Word

By Olivia Menezes

We've all tried Duolingo but have we really mastered the English language? Join us as we spend 5 minutes chatting about a new word each day Monday through Friday, and help you relate it to real-life u... more

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How many episodes does A Quick Word have?

The podcast currently has 99 episodes available.

A Quick Word episodes:

June 03, 2025 Episode 69: About to pop off
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Nascent
adjective.
1. : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(especially of a process or organization) just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential.
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June 02, 2025 Episode 68: Let's get absolutely filthy with it
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Lascivious
adjective.
1. : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(of a person, manner, or gesture) feeling or revealing an overt and often offensive sexual desire.
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6min
May 29, 2025 Episode 67: Rip Van Winkle is my spirit animal
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Yore
noun.
1. : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠time past and especially long past —usually used in the phrase "of yore"
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7min
May 28, 2025 Episode 66: Deepfakes are coming for us all
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Simulacrum
noun.
1. : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
image, representation of someone or something
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7min
May 27, 2025 Episode 65: Cheese and antiques is an epic pairing imo
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Kitschy
adjective.
1. : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(of art, objects, or design) considered to be in poor taste because of excessive garishness or sentimentality, but sometimes appreciated in an ironic or knowing way.
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May 26, 2025 Episode 64: Take your collared shirt and shove it
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Larrikin
noun.
1 : Australian, New Zealand: a boisterous, often badly behaved young man.
2 : Australian: a person with apparent disregard for convention; a maverick.
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7min
May 22, 2025 Episode 63: Make it go away
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Abrogate
verb.
1 : repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement).
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6min
May 21, 2025 Episode 62: She say she on a diet, girl, you better not lose that a**, though
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Svelte
adj.
1. : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(of a person) slender and elegant.
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May 20, 2025 Episode 61: Give it to me sneaky-like
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Foist
verb.
1 a: to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant
b: to force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit
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May 19, 2025 Episode 60: A symptom of my caffeine addiction
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Frenetic
adjective.
1. : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way.
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7min

FAQs about A Quick Word:

How many episodes does A Quick Word have?

The podcast currently has 99 episodes available.