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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 113 episodes available.
May 15, 2022Encanto Surface Pressure & OnomatopoeiaWe talked about "Surface Pressure" from Encanto, onomatopoeias, and Ukraine's 2021 Eurovision song "Shum" by Go_A....more1h 14minPlay
May 01, 2022Kidz Bop & Minced OathsWe talk about Minced Oaths - dang, gosh, forked up, shitake mushrooms, etc., and also Kidz Bop, and also in Eurovision we discuss Finland's 2021 offering "Dark Side" by Blind Channel....more59minPlay
November 03, 202111. Tryna See Right Through - Bruno Mars Willow Contractions and Eye IdiomsWe did two songs today, Skate by Bruno Mars and Tranparent Soul by Willow. And we talk about tryna and other new contractions, see right through you and other eye based idioms, and The French Eurovision song Voila....more1h 10minPlay
October 17, 202110. The Pursuit of "Happier Than Ever" by Billie EilishThe etymology of happiness including Jesus orgasms and hedonism. The Bulgarian language's inferrential verb tense. ...more1h 33minPlay
October 09, 20219. Feeling "Way 2 Sexy" by Drake Future and Young ThugWe have fun with numbers, talking about to too and two, number puns in Chinese and Spanish, and British Bingo. Also Mata Hari by Efendi and the Azerbaijani language....more1h 45minPlay
September 29, 20218. What's "good 4 u" by Olivia RodrigoToday’s song is SoOoO oRiGiNaL. We discuss sarcasm, good 4 u by Olivia Rodrigo, the return of rock pop punk whatever same as the old rock pop punk whatever, positive and negative face, the big five of Eurovision, and Anglo-Saxon and French pairs of English words....more1h 16minPlay
September 22, 20217. Minding the "WAP" by Cardi B and Megan Thee StallionTwo asexuals talk about WAP. We see wtf is up with acronyms, initialisms, backronyms, macronyms, orphaned acronyms, the USA PATRIOT act and jump on the making fun of Ben Shapiro bandwagon, with a true song of ribaldry and then say some stuff about Maneskin and pasta words....more1h 17minPlay
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
FAQs about Getting Down & Wordy:How many episodes does Getting Down & Wordy have?The podcast currently has 113 episodes available.