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Getting Down & Wordy
Getting Down & Wordy episodes
- 6. Quibbling that "I am not a Woman I'm a God" by Halsey
We talk about gender in language, epicenes, and argots plus "Loco Loco" by Hurricane.
1 hr 34 min - 5. Da "Levitating" by Dua Lipa and Dababy
We talk about astronomy words, speech tempo, anime boyfriends, and useful Norwegian words with "Fallen Angel" by Tix.
1 hr 26 min - 4. Getting "Dad Vibes" by Limp Bizkit
We talk about the comeback story of 'vibe', reduplication and 'la di da', the importance of Lithuanian and The Roop.
1 hr 21 min - 3. Spreading "Butter" by BTS
We 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.
1 hr 27 min - 2. Rooting for "Industry Baby" by Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow
We talk about the root of "root", accents, linguistic accomodation, "Je Me Casse", and "Industry Baby" on this our second-ish episode of Pop Etymology.
1 hr 3 min - 1. Unrequiting "Love Like Woe" by The Ready Set
Today in our second first episode, we discuss words of the 2010s, eggcorns and solecisms, Dadi Freyr, and "Love Like Woe" by The Ready Set.
1 hr 8 min
About Getting Down & Wordy
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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.
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