Where does the word sabotage come from? Who popularised the word shizzle? What the heck is a sunchoke and when are you solomo? Check out fun wordplay, every week, on The Thicktionary. #wordplay #dictionary #thicktionary #podcasts #podcasting #comedy #wordfun #scrabble #wordswithfriends #QI #shizzle #sabotage #sms #southkorea

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What is Robocoping? Which country invented the word randy? Where would you find a retronym and in fact, how did the letter R even come to be a thing? Check out fun wordplay, every week, on The Thicktionary. #wordplay #dictionary #thicktionary #podcasts #podcasting #comedy #wordfun #scrabble #wordswithfriends #QI #Retro #Robocop #Randy

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Where does Quinoa come from? Which band had a hit with Quiche Lorraine? Why was the video game Questron such a trailblazer? Have you ever been caught quiddling? Check out fun wordplay, every week, on The Thicktionary. #wordplay #dictionary #thicktionary #podcasts #podcasting #comedy #wordfun #scrabble #wordswithfriends #QI #quinoa #questron #querent #quiche #quiddling #letterq

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When might you go Pac-manning? ​Why is the word pilm so special? How would you wear a pabouche? Which is better... A paracrostic or a poem? Check out weekly fun wordplay on The Thicktionary! #wordplay #dictionary #thicktionary #podcasts #podcasting #comedy #wordfun #theletterp #Pacman #Paracrostic #Pabouche #Phobar #Pwords

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Who first coined the phrase Om Nom Nom, are you better to be orgulous or ossifragrant, and how can you tell if you're suffering from onomamania? Also, find out if your workplace has an office ghost and what events are in this year's Octocentenary... It's fun wordplay on The Thicktionary. #OmNomNom #Orgulous #Ossifragrant #Onomamania #Octocentenary #OfficeGhost #wordplay #podcast #words

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In this episode, when would you need a Necographer, who is likely to suffer from Nicholas Cage Syndrome, why would you need a Nipple Wort plant, where can you partake in Noctambulation? Plus the weekly Word Workout and Know Your Planet, Airport Edition. The Thicktionary breaks down the dictionary, one letter at a time.

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The Thicktionary breaks down the dictionary, one letter at a time. In this episode, when is Metemptosis in effect and when are you guilty of a Mantrum? What was MacGyver's first name, who was Martex and when could you be Malapert? Plus the weekly Word Workout and The Alliteration Game, movie edition. #Metemptosis #Mantrum #MacGuyver #Martex #Malapert #wordplay #thicktionary #dictionary #words #podcast #comedy

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What did people in 1600BC laugh at, where would you drink Lolly Water and a Lassi, when might you be Largiloquent, which big rap act had a hit with Loco en el Coco and what is Levophobia a fear of? #1600BC #LollyWater #Lassi #Largiloquent #levophobia #LocoenelCoco #wordplay #words #lexicography #podcast #damienstjohn #paulgannon #CypressHill #Egypt #Pharaoh #Comedy #Dictionary #Reading #OompaLoompa #Loompaland #Lilliput

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Delving deeper into the dictionary. This week, where does the Knickerbocker Glory come from, what secrets does the Kama Sutra hold, which Disney film was inspired by the phrase Knick Knack and when might you use the term Kickie-Wickie? #knickknack #disney #kickiewickie #kwords #letterk #the #letterk #katzenjammer #kungfu #knickerbockerglory #kamasutra #wordplay #words #podcasts #podcasting #podcast

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Weekly wordplay that explores the dictionary. This week, find out what was on the world's first jigsaw, which jalapeño is the hottest, learn the origins of jubbly, jacktating and jackanape, plus understand how jet lag could kill you. #wordplay #thicktionary #dictionary #podcast #podcasts #jigsaw #jalapenos #jetlag #jacktating #jubbly #theletterJ #letterj #linguistics #worldshottestjalapeno #jackanape

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