The Dictionary

By Spencer Parks

I read the English Dictionary in short sections, comment on it, make bad jokes, and sometimes sing little songs. I hope it’s more entertaining than just reading the dictionary alone. It’s an evolving ... more

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How many episodes does The Dictionary have?

The podcast currently has 2,018 episodes available.

The Dictionary episodes:

February 04, 2023 #D188 (disinterest to disjoin)
I read from disinterest to disjoin.

The word of the episode is "disinterested".

Theme music from Tom Maslowski
https://zestysol.com/

Merchandising!
https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar

"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube

Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list!
https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/

Backwards Talking on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq

[email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/
https://twitter.com/dictionarypod
https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/
https://www.patreon.com/spejampar
https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar
917-727-5757
...more
22min
February 03, 2023 #D187 (disincline to disinter)
I read from disincline to disinter.

The word of the episode is "disinformation".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation

Theme music from Jonah Kraut
https://jonahkraut.bandcamp.com/

Merchandising!
https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar

"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube

Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list!
https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/

Backwards Talking on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq

[email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/
https://twitter.com/dictionarypod
https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/
https://www.patreon.com/spejampar
https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar
917-727-5757
...more
30min
February 02, 2023 #D186 (dishonest to disinclination)
I read from dishonest to disinclination.

Palmolive commercial about dishpan hands is from here:
https://youtu.be/2dFlJikh0PY
There's a whole series of them!

It looks like the first dishwasher with an electric motor was invented in 1929. The dishwashwe as we know it (kind of) is almost 100 years old!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dishwasher

The word of the episode is "dishonest".

Theme music from Tom Maslowski
https://zestysol.com/

Merchandising!
https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar

"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube

Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list!
https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/

Backwards Talking on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq

[email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/
https://twitter.com/dictionarypod
https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/
https://www.patreon.com/spejampar
https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar
917-727-5757
...more
33min
February 01, 2023 Request for Jokes
I have a request for you! Look ahead at ALL the words in the English language starting at the letter E (or maybe the very end of the letter D), and send me a joke based on the word, definition, example, etymology, whatever!
Please email it to me at [email protected] and when I get to that word I will read it in the episode.
Let me know if you want me to read your name or not.

Merchandising!
https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar

"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube

Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list!
https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/

Backwards Talking on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq

[email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/
https://twitter.com/dictionarypod
https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/
https://www.patreon.com/spejampar
https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar
917-727-5757
...more
2min
February 01, 2023 #D185 (disgustful to disheveled)
I read from disgustful to disheveled.

The word of the episode is "dishabille".

Theme music from Jonah Kraut
https://jonahkraut.bandcamp.com/

Merchandising!
https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar

"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube

Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list!
https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/

Backwards Talking on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq

[email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/
https://twitter.com/dictionarypod
https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/
https://www.patreon.com/spejampar
https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar
917-727-5757
...more
28min
January 31, 2023 #D184 (disgorge to disgust)
I read from disgorge to disgust.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" speech was about December 7, 1941, the day of the Pearl Harbor attack.
https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2001/winter/crafting-day-of-infamy-speech.html

The word of the episode is "disguise".

Theme music from Tom Maslowski
https://zestysol.com/

Merchandising!
https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar

"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube

Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list!
https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/

Backwards Talking on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq

[email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/
https://twitter.com/dictionarypod
https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/
https://www.patreon.com/spejampar
https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar
917-727-5757
...more
30min
January 30, 2023 #D183 (disencumber to disfurnish)
I read from disencumber to disfurnish.

The word of the episode is "disestablishmentarian".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disestablishmentarianism

Theme music from Jonah Kraut
https://jonahkraut.bandcamp.com/

Merchandising!
https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar

"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube

Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list!
https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/

Backwards Talking on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq

[email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/
https://twitter.com/dictionarypod
https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/
https://www.patreon.com/spejampar
https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar
917-727-5757
...more
27min
January 29, 2023 #D182 (discuss to disenchanted) ft. Chris Michaud
I read from discuss to disenchanted with Chris Michaud.

His links:
Mall Night Long: A Virtual Game Show Experience on Zoom

Watch a video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjiz0b_bDKQ
Get in touch on Facebook: http://facebook.com/MallNightLong
Hire Chris to perform for you: [email protected]

Chris Michaud on Twitter & Instagram: @tableflipsyou
Flip the Table Podcast: http://tableflipsyou.com or wherever fine podcasts are found

The Weird Al song is "Everything You Know is Wrong"
https://youtu.be/W8tRDv9fZ_c

The word of the episode is "diseconomy".
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/diseconomiesofscale.asp

Theme music from Tom Maslowski
https://zestysol.com/

Merchandising!
https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar

"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube

Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list!
https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/

Backwards Talking on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq

[email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/
https://twitter.com/dictionarypod
https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/
https://www.patreon.com/spejampar
https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar
917-727-5757
...more
1h 4min
January 28, 2023 #D181 (discriminate to discuss)
I read from discriminate to discuss.

I don't understand the discriminator.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discriminator

The weight of the discus depends on the age and sex/gender (that's a whole other conversation) but they range from 0.75 to 2 kg (1.65 to 4.41 pounds).
The longest throw is by a woman, Martina Hellmann, in 1988 who unofficially threw it 78.14 meters (over 256 feet) but because she was a woman she was using a lighter discus; 1 kg opposed to 2 kg. That's a huge difference in weight.
The longest throw for a man is 74.08 meters (over 243 feet) by Jürgen Schult in 1986.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discus_throw

Please check out the various discussion topics Linda Richman would suggest in Saturday Night Live's "Coffee Talk" starring Mike Myers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_Talk_(Saturday_Night_Live)

The word of the episode is "discrimination".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrimination

Theme music from Jonah Kraut
https://jonahkraut.bandcamp.com/

Merchandising!
https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar

"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube

Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list!
https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/

Backwards Talking on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq

[email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/
https://twitter.com/dictionarypod
https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/
https://www.patreon.com/spejampar
https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar
917-727-5757
...more
31min
January 27, 2023 #D180 (discredit to discriminant function)
I read from discredit to discriminant function.

The word of the episode is "discretion".

Theme music from Tom Maslowski
https://zestysol.com/

Merchandising!
https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar

"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube

"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube

Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list!
https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/

Backwards Talking on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq

[email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/
https://twitter.com/dictionarypod
https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/
https://www.patreon.com/spejampar
https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar
917-727-5757
...more
25min

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FAQs about The Dictionary:

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More shows like The Dictionary

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Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

The Ezra Klein Show