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Big Words for Smart People
By Eric and FrankieComedy
Big Words for Smart People episodes
- 25: Caterwaul
If you like listening to people talk about their cats, you're in luck! The word of the week is:
Caterwaul - verb
1: to make a harsh cry2: to protest or complain noisilyIn this episode:- Bring back Street Pass in 2026
- Frankie might not be very good at limericks either
- Cats
- Tiny Spider-Man window cleaning
- Howling sh*t sprints
- Coyote chorus
We apologize for Frankie earblasting the audience
Special shout out to all our wonderful cats: Ruben Wilson, Kessie, Macaroni, Chicken Nugget French Fry Tabby. We love you and miss you, Loblolly Pratchett.
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Show-notes definition pulled from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary
47 min - 24: Harrowing
Just in time for the new year, the word of the week is:
Harrowing - Adjective
: acutely distressing or painful
In this episode:
- What is the hottest tattoo?
- Self-broken bones
- Things to talk about while getting a tattoo
- The Twilight slippery slope
- Like, seriously, a lot of tattoo talk
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Show-notes definition pulled from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary
41 min - 23: Termagant
Another addition to our growing collection of "slurs for hot people," the word of the week is:
Termagant - Noun
1Termagant : a deity erroneously ascribed to Islam by medieval European Christians and represented in early English drama as a violent character2: an overbearing or nagging woman : shrewIn this episode:- Exposing lifeguards
- Funny eyebrow bird
- We all secretly want a mommy-dommy
- More like mummy-dommy
- St. Thomas’ Knuckle-Bones: 1 for $3 or 12 for $20!
- Power Rangers Skate School
- Women’s Bible Review
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Show-notes definition pulled from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary
Additional Links:
- The Actual History of Eating Mummies as Medicine by Abby Cox
- Ptarmigan audio courtesy of the National Park Service audio gallery: Look at this beautiful bird
38 min - 22: Parsimonious
Loosen those coin-purses, the word of the week is:
Parsimonious - adjective
1: exhibiting or marked by parsimonyespecially : frugal to the point of stinginess2: sparing, restrainedIn this episode:- Call Me Maybe Roulette
- Millennial grand-aunt
- Tree Anxiety
- Caked-Up Geeses for the Nieces
- Ways to ruin Frankie’s Birthday
- Links to local charities
Support people experiencing homelessness in Eric's area here.
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Show-notes definition pulled from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary
45 min - 21: Expeditious
Hey, come quick! The word of the week is:
Expeditious - adjective
: marked by or acting with prompt efficiency
In this episode:
- Snow Day Qualms
- Bird Calling
- Fish or Motorcycle
- Fast Family
- Dementia Clock
- Bonus: Ruben Sneezes
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Show-notes definition pulled from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary
40 min - 20: Exude
Just a heads up... lot's of pee talk in this one, folks.
Exude - intransitive verb
1: to ooze out2: to undergo diffusiontransitive verb
1: to cause to ooze or spread out in all directions2: to display conspicuously or abundantlyIn this episode:- Eric is still vaguely sick
- Dry guys go to heaven
- It ain't easy bein' greasy
- An embarrassing pee story
- Sweaty and confusing, but he’s an okay dad
- The vegetarian deerhunter
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Show-notes definition pulled from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary
36 min - 19: Pastoral
Hearken back once more to a time when farmers farmed farms and the Gak was abundant, the word for the week is:
Pastoral - adjective
a(1): of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen (2): devoted to or based on livestock raising
b: of or relating to the countryside : not urbanc: portraying or expressive of the life of shepherds or country people especially in an idealized and conventionalized mannerpastoral poetryd: pleasingly peaceful and innocent : idyllicIn this episode:- Cat rivals
- I want a farm, but not, like, a real farm
- Oh wait, actually, never mind, farming is hard as hell
- Intentional Orpheus
- A brief '90s meditation
- Rural white-people code-switching
- What's your pastoral dream?
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Show-notes definition pulled from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary
40 min - 18: Puerile
Just when you thought we couldn't be more childish, the word of the week is:
Puerile - Adjective
1: juvenile2: childish, sillyIn this episode:- College Radio… um… college radio
- Foot condoms
- Ostrich dating
- In defense of bad action movies
- Minecraft horror mods
- Garbage hall pass
- Current stats: 80000 to 2000000
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Show-notes definition pulled from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary
53 min - 17: Ken
Ken you dig it? That's the word. It's ken.
Ken - Noun
1: the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge2a: the range of visionb: sight, viewKen - Verb
1 (archaic) : see2 (chiefly dialectal) : recognize3 (chiefly Scotland) : knowIn this episode:
- Social anxiety phone problems
- Hotel ghosts
- Benevolent voyeurism
- B R I A N
- Shut up and let’s talk about kennings
- Fill our inbox with the gnarliest kennings you can imagine
The french OrbeezTM guy video (we know it was staged, but it's still funny)
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Show-notes definition pulled from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary
47 min - 16: Pulchritudinous
This word comes with a warning: don't use this word. At least, change how you use it.
Pulchritudinous - Adjective
: physical comeliness
In this episode:
- Pwe’re psorry pfor pthe pplosives
- Ulysses Quotes - Circe never disappoints
- Hot tips for sexy orchids
- Ruben does not have sexy phone voice
- No shade to North Carolina towns, we love you too
- Pants shopping - fit check for my Doug Funny era
- What’s pulchritudinous to you?
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Show-notes definition pulled from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary
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About Big Words for Smart People
From the publisher's feed
Eric and Frankie are not linguists.
What Eric and Frankie lack in bona fides (boring fides, more like it) they make up for in sibling jocularity, rampaging tangents, and lighthearted ribbing. They already know you're a smart person, you don't need to be told that.
Instead, join them every Wednesday to learn a new, cool, big word to enrich your new, cool, big brain and listen in on a casual conversation loosely connected to the word.
BW4SP releases weekly to enrich your lexicon, ~30 minutes at a time.
All thoughts, ideas, and opinions expressed in Big Words for Smart People are their own.