Big Words for Smart People

Big Words for Smart People

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  • 64: Stygian

    Give word of the week to listener. Enjoy podcast. Embrace styx. Please.

    Stygian - adjective

    1: of or relating to the river Styx
    2: extremely dark, gloomy, or forbidding
    In this episode:
    • firstworldproblems.exe
    • Eric kinda remembers Dante but he definitely won't google it
    • A podcast about teaching Frankie to read
    • Whose using light mode anyways
    • A virtual text-based adventure
    • Frankie was right, it's just one obol required, idk what I was thinking
    • Pokemon of the Week: Pydgian

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        Show-notes definition pulled from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary

        Additional Credits:

        • Styx - Mr. Roboto
        • Zinogre Noises here
          • 57 min
        • 63: Vespertine

          It's not quite day, but it's not quite night - that's right, the word of the week is:

          Vespertine - adjective

          1: of, relating to, or occurring in the evening
          2: active, flowering, or flourishing in the evening : crepuscular
          In this episode:
          • Large Area Running with Partner
          • Saying the "t" word
          • The Manananggal of this lady
          • It's okay to be scared of things that suck your blood
          • Pontificating on horror movies
          • Middle-aged sundowning
          • Pokémon of the Week: Mananangghallant

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              Show-notes definition pulled from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary

              40 min
            • 62: Atavism

              What could be scarier than a longing for a long-gone time? The terrible (lovingly) word of the week is:

              Atavism - noun

              1a: recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination
              b: recurrence of or reversion to a past style, manner, outlook, approach, or activity
              2: an individual or character that manifests atavism : throwback

              In this episode:

              • The-Ate-Er
              • Vampire weaknesses
              • 2000s nostalgia
              • Slurs for Gargoyles
              • Maybe atavism was the monster the whole time
              • Reasons to marry Frankenstein
              • Accurate sound effects
              • Pokémon of the Week: Antavism

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                  Show-notes definition pulled from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary

                  32 min
                • 61: Lich - Phylactery

                  Happy Spooktobword! It's a ooky, spooky double feature of scary words that church-moms can't listen to:

                  Lich - noun

                  : a dead body : corpse —used chiefly in combination

                  Phylactery - noun

                  1: either of two small square leather boxes containing slips inscribed with scriptural passages and traditionally worn on the left arm and on the head by observant Jewish men and especially adherents of Orthodox Judaism during morning weekday prayers
                  2: amulet
                  In this episode:
                  • PowerPoint Easter Eggs
                  • Beowulf (again)
                  • Two necromancers on a nice little walkabout
                  • Homegrown liches
                  • Big dudes fighting bony bros
                  • Zoomer lich-filtering
                  • Philately slander
                  • Pokemons of the Week - Lichen OR Phylactodactyl

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                      Show-notes definition pulled from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary: lich and phylactery

                      45 min
                    • 60: Spurious

                      Don't trust a single thing we say, the word of the week is:

                      Spurious - adjective

                      1: outwardly similar or corresponding to something without having its  genuine qualities : false
                      2a: of falsified or erroneously attributed origin : forged
                      b: of a deceitful nature or quality
                      3: born to parents not married to each other

                      In this episode:

                      • The Ballad of Starscream
                      • RIP Tim Curry, we're sorry about our impressions
                      • Tallaric oh-no
                      • hbomberguy's excellent video
                      • The Intellivision Amico and it's fascinating, ambitious precursor
                      • Mac Attack
                      • A game console for Mormons
                      • Farkle
                      • Pokemon of the Week: Spurilouse 

                        • Additional Audio:

                        • B-17 Bomber - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wu_gMucHYE
                        • Tron: Solar Sailor - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQ0R0wqTXA 

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                            Show-notes definition pulled from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary

                            1 hr 4 min
                          • 59: Appellativization

                            Search for us on Yoohoo or Ask Jorbs, the word of the week is: 

                            Appellativization - noun

                            1. (linguistics) The process of a proper name becoming a common noun.

                              2. In this episode:

                              • Editor's Note: I left all the nonsense Frankie did in the background in this episode to punish them
                              • Use your Sneezo and put it in your Colder-Holder(tm)
                              • There's a little Mario in there
                              • The Appelletivized Quiz
                              • This is a ransacking
                              • Are you a Dunce or a Scotus?
                              • Ciao Chow
                              • Pokémon of the Week: Ciaomein

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                                  Show-notes definition pulled from Wiktionary...

                                  44 min
                                • 58: Dreadnought

                                  Tally ho, ye scallywags! Shrive clean yer worries and fear nothing, the word of the week is:

                                  Dreadnought - noun

                                  1: a warm garment of thick cloth
                                  2a: battleship
                                  b: one that is among the largest or most powerful of its kind
                                  In this episode:
                                  • Bounce house woes
                                  • The mind craves action, the body rejects
                                  • Appellativisation
                                  • B O A T
                                  • Why is boats always ladies?
                                  • People love boats but they do not like women
                                  • Don't talk about my wife's inviting superstructure
                                  • God gave me TWO talents
                                  • Pokemon of the Week: Treadnought

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                                      Show-notes definition pulled from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary

                                      39 min
                                    • 57: Ambiguous

                                      I know it! The word of the week is:

                                      Ambiguous - adjective

                                      1: capable of being understood in two or more possible senses or ways

                                      2: difficult to discern or categorize

                                      In this episode:

                                      • Frankie's very cool new toilet seat
                                      • Video game genres are all jazz
                                      • Speaking of jazz, we're back on college radio again
                                      • Do you like roguelikes?
                                      • Parenting is just playing a roguelike with no win-condition
                                      • Frankie isn't a real gamer, obv.
                                      • Bario and Weach
                                      • Genres work as a shorthand for mechanics, not really genre
                                      • Pokémon of the Week: Ambigumoth

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                                          Show-notes definition pulled from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary

                                          42 min
                                        • 56: Concatenation

                                          Take a word and another word, put those words together and what do you get? It's:

                                          Concatenation - noun

                                          1: a group of things linked together or occurring together in a way that produces a particular result or effect
                                          In this episode:
                                          • Sand Box Excavation Simulator
                                          • What kinds of things would monkeys wears on their hands-feets?
                                          • Frankie brings a game that Eric actually does okay with
                                          • Unfortunate "car" accidents
                                          • Pokemon of the Week: Concatoninetails

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                                              Show-notes definition pulled from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary

                                              42 min
                                            • 55: Toyetic

                                              Two former teenagers-with-attitude are ready to talk about everyone's favorite, and most toyetic, tv show! The word of the week is:

                                              Toyetic - adjective

                                              1. (of a character or object from a movie, TV show, etc.) potentially marketable as a toy

                                              2. (of movies or other forms of mass entertainment) having merchandising potential.

                                                In this episode:

                                                • What's your lie job?
                                                • It's capitalism for kids
                                                • It's a tv show you can buy!
                                                • Ticklesneezer? In this economy?!
                                                • Eye Guy is My Guy
                                                • Pokemon of the Week: All of them

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                                                    Show-notes definition pulled from the Dictionary.com online dictionary

                                                    Rita Repulsa Voice Lines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjXipf7l3vg

                                                    55 min

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                                                  Eric and Frankie are not linguists.