Big Words for Smart People

By Eric and Frankie

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 lighthearte

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The podcast currently has 55 episodes available.

Big Words for Smart People episodes:

November 05, 202515: Sprezzatura
It's whatever, but the word for the week is:

Sprezzatura - Noun
: studied nonchalance
: graceful conduct or performance without apparent effort
: the state of Eric being a huge fartbag1

In this episode:
Not a dilf, just a dil
I’m a Sprouts 6
Almost no Twilight references in this one
Furry Raves and Crypto Currency
Fit check for my Garbodor era
Lesbian Cheat Codes
Smoking Cattails

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

1 Additional definition brought to you by the Club Penguin Dictionary for Dingleberries
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43min
October 29, 202514. Lycanthropy
WOOOOOOORDS… werecast.
It’s the final word of our octobword spooktacular! The word of the week is:

Lycanthropy - Noun
1: a delusion that one has become a wolf
2: the assumption of the form and characteristics of a wolf held to be possible by witchcraft or magic
In this episode:
The Omegaverse Recap
The story of Bisclavret
My weekly gallivanting
He Tycho Brahe’d her!
Right there-wolf
If you could werewolf-out into any animal, what would it be?
Crab vanishing tricks
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Bleh!
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34min
October 22, 202513: Fetid
It's the penultimate word for Octobword and this one stinks! Also, trigger warning: dead animals (squirrels, deer)

Fetid - Adjective
: having a heavy offensive smell

In this episode:
Post-poop-cold-coffee
A thousand years of latent piss
A very bad soup
Dead Skull speriment
"I wanna huff your cat" if you know what I mean

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39min
October 15, 202512: Lachrymose
The Octobword for this week is...

Lachrymose - Adjective
1: given to tears or weeping : tearful
2: tending to cause tears : mournful
In this episode:
I swear, I don’t know how how my glasses broke
Catharting all over the place
Weepy food
Surprisingly real moments
What fills your egg cup?
What’s your favorite terrible game names?
What’s the scary loud thing in your life?
Ambulance jumpscare
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46min
October 08, 202511: Lugubrious
It's time for another spoooooooky word!

Lugubrious - Adjective
1: mournful
especially : exaggeratedly or affectedly (see affected entry 2 sense 1a)
2: dismal
In this episode:
Vampire Water Bed
Bernd das Brot
Airbud XIII - Now He Plays Baseball
Droopy Dog “Impressions”
Frank is Valid
The Azure Waistcoat Comedy Tour
Blehhhh
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Show-notes definition pulled from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary

Music in this episode:
Bach - Violin Concerto in A Minor - III. - BWV 1041 (Chamber Ensemble)
MIDI The Chain by Fleetwood Mac
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39min
October 01, 202510: Inauspicious
It's the first Wednesday of spooky season and we've got twoOOOooOOOoo words to celebrate!

Inauspicious - Adjective
1: being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come
Auspicious - Adjective
1: showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious
2: attended by good auspices : fortunate, prosperous

In this episode:
The narrowest ass in North Carolina
Cat coughs - Draw what you think Ruben looks like
Talking about Twilight in 2025
“I’m gListening”
I’m not a ‘fate’ person, but…
Hi Mom!
Disclaimer: The hosts of Big Words for Smart People do not encourage you to fill a paper bag with paint and huff it like an asthmatic's inhaler.
Second Disclaimer: Eating spiderwebs is totally okay.

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43min
September 24, 20259: Worst
It's our 'worst' episode (yet), but not like you think!

Worst - verb (transitive)
: to get the better of : defeat
In this episode:
Conquering your challengees (sic)
Frankie uses “Java” as a reference to ‘cool coding…’
Reasons I can’t get a job
Parenting metaphors
“I’m gonna knock it over”
obtusive crosswords

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45min
September 17, 20258: Tyro
We're still figuring things out, I guess you could say that, when it comes to podcasting, we're still a:

Tyro - noun
: a beginner in learning : novice

In this episode:
Tyro Banks
Master's in Pokemonology
What are you happy to be terrible at?
Easy mode is a-okay
rUbBeR pEnCiL
Daniel the Sweet Little Cheek-Clapping Lad

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31min
September 10, 20257: Endemic
Make using this word a key part of your identity, the word of the week is:

Endemic - adjective
1a: belonging or native to a particular people or country
b: characteristic of or prevalent in a particular field, area, or environment

2: restricted or peculiar to a locality or region
Endemic - noun
1: an organism that is restricted or peculiar to a locality or region : an endemic organism

2: a disease or outbreak of disease that is typically present in a particular region or population : an endemic disease

In this episode:
Snail Lore
Lauren Bacall Seals
Frankie is an ozzyboo
Crafting in silence near one another is my love language
Fun animal facts? Best I can do is big plants

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Show-notes definition pulled from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary
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32min
September 03, 20256: Idiosyncracy
Go off, Quang! It's a new word for Word Wednesday:

Idiosyncrasy - Noun
1a: a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality
b: individual hypersensitiveness (as to a drug or food)

2: characteristic peculiarity (as of temperament)

In this episode:
Tiny little, semi-transparent Stewie Griffin knockoff tee
Diagnosing yourself with a personality
I’ve got too much money riding on Hoof Hearted
Fishing for a better parent, a 30 pound whopper
Relationship litmus tests
how do you teach empathy
What are your idiosyncrasies?

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41min

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How many episodes does Big Words for Smart People have?

The podcast currently has 55 episodes available.