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Humorous Etymological Research Probing English Songs - A moderately researched, moderately funny chat show about popular music and language. We are a Podmoth Network podcast.... more
FAQs about Getting Down & Wordy:How many episodes does Getting Down & Wordy have?The podcast currently has 96 episodes available.
September 15, 20216. Quibbling that "I am not a Woman I'm a God" by HalseyWe talk about gender in language, epicenes, and argots plus "Loco Loco" by Hurricane....more1h 34minPlay
September 02, 20215. Da "Levitating" by Dua Lipa and DababyWe talk about astronomy words, speech tempo, anime boyfriends, and useful Norwegian words with "Fallen Angel" by Tix....more1h 26minPlay
August 24, 20214. Getting "Dad Vibes" by Limp BizkitWe talk about the comeback story of 'vibe', reduplication and 'la di da', the importance of Lithuanian and The Roop....more1h 21minPlay
August 16, 20213. Spreading "Butter" by BTSWe speculate about Korean's influence on English, the evolution of the concept of "summer", and English's Germanic roots with "I Don't Feel Hate" by Jendrik....more1h 27minPlay
August 10, 20212. Rooting for "Industry Baby" by Lil Nas X and Jack HarlowWe talk about the root of "root", accents, linguistic accomodation, "Je Me Casse", and "Industry Baby" on this our second-ish episode of Pop Etymology....more1h 3minPlay
August 05, 20211. Unrequiting "Love Like Woe" by The Ready SetToday in our second first episode, we discuss words of the 2010s, eggcorns and solecisms, Dadi Freyr, and "Love Like Woe" by The Ready Set....more1h 8minPlay
FAQs about Getting Down & Wordy:How many episodes does Getting Down & Wordy have?The podcast currently has 96 episodes available.