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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 110 episodes available.
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
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 110 episodes available.