Olympia Oddities

Grunge Speak


Listen Later

Today's episode is about a story that sounds like a never aired episode of Daria: the time The New York Times published an article of completely fake, made up grunge slang words that were given to them by a recently laid off Sub Pop Records employee as the real deal. We'll discuss how the hoax came to be, who the creator of these amazingly hilarious words was, and the mess that resulted. It's a fun one!
Sources: 
Wikipedia - Grunge Speak
The Ringer - When Grunge Was Fake News
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Olympia OdditiesBy Olympia Oddities

  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8

4.8

37 ratings


More shows like Olympia Oddities

View all
Lore by Aaron Mahnke

Lore

45,016 Listeners

The Rest Is History by Goalhanger

The Rest Is History

15,753 Listeners