The Thicktionary Podcast

We’ve made it round the alphabet! What was the original name for the escalator? When would you need an emergency walk? What is ecdysis and why might you be doing it right now? Where would you have an eargasm? Which famous poet liked eructation? What is echolalia? Plus another letter to help boost your Scrabble and Words with Friends game.

Hear the funny side of the dictionary in The Thicktionary. SUBSCRIBE NOW if you have an apple device or try STITCHER if you are an android user.

Who made a living out of death? Where can you check your dactylogram? Why are denim jeans called denim jeans? What causes you to be dentiloquent and when would you be dudevorced? Plus, find out what causes destinesia and another letter to help boost your Scrabble and Words with Friends game.

Hear the funny side of the dictionary in The Thicktionary. SUBSCRIBE NOW if you have an apple device or try STITCHER if you are an android user.

What animal used to be known as a camelopard? Where did the phrase Cakewalk come from? Which word has replaced cockamamie? Which sport is crokinole most like? When would you be carcoleptic? Plus, another cheat letter to help you be better at Scrabble and Words with Friends. And a game of cliche tennis.

Hear the funny side of the dictionary in The Thicktionary. SUBSCRIBE NOW if you have an apple device or try STITCHER if you are an android user.

What will a Brexit mean for Britain? Why do marketers Barnumise to sell stuff? When would you be causing a Brouhaha? Where would you been B-boying?

Plus, which word ending in the letter B scores best in Scrabble and Words with Friends?

Hear the funny side of the dictionary in The Thicktionary. SUBSCRIBE NOW if you have an apple device or trySTITCHER if you are an android user.

When are you engaged in Argle-Bargle, why is most of the world filled with Ackamarackus, what is an Apple Wife, how do anonyms help Chinese people and where does the humble Avocado come from?

Plus, which A word can help you win at Scrabble and Words with Friends?

Listen to the funny side of the dictionary, each week on The Thicktionary.

SUBSCRIBE NOW if you have an apple device or try STITCHER if you are an android user.

When did X come to mean a kiss? Where would you have a Zorgasm? What does a Yogi Bogey Box do? Who coined the phrase Yippee Ki Yay? What’s another name for a remote control? Find out in the special XYZ episode of The Thicktionary.

The Thicktionary is a podcast by Damien St John and Paul Gannon for Abrupt Audio. Get in touch @thickpodcast

SUBSCRIBE NOW if you have an apple device or try STITCHER if you are an android user.

Where do words come from? Each week we look at the old, new and curious to find out. Who created Budweiser’s Whassup advert? Where would you find Witches Knickers? When might you have the Woofits? What sport is known as Whiff-Waff? Whose coat of arms has three squirrels? Get the answers in this week’s episode of The Thicktionary.

The Thicktionary is a podcast by Damien St John and Paul Gannon for Abrupt Audio. Get in touch @thickpodcast

SUBSCRIBE NOW if you have an apple device or try STITCHER if you are an android user.

Everyday words, where do they come from? Each week we go on a mission to find out, and find interesting new ones along the way.

Can you survive on drinking blood? What does vegicurious mean? Who invented voicemail? Where does Velcro come from? Why is Facebook dubbed “Vaguebook”? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this week’s episode of The Thicktionary. Get in touch @thickpodcast

SUBSCRIBE NOW if you have an apple device or try STITCHER if you are an android user.

Everyday words, where do they come from? Each week we go on a mission to find out, and find interesting new ones along the way.

How do you know if you’re dating an urban cougar? What really is unagi? Where should you place an umlaut? Your body produces ubiquinol but what does it do? Can a ukulele make any song sound happy? Find out in this week’s episode of The Thicktionary.

Get in touch @thickpodcast

SUBSCRIBE NOW if you have an apple device or try STITCHER if you are an android user.

In which century was totes first used? Where do tarantulas come from? What are you afraid of if you have taphephobia? Why did tetrominos make Russia rich? Plus the Word Workout and a look back at Transformers. Check out fun wordplay each week on The Thicktionary.

Get in touch @thickpodcast

SUBSCRIBE NOW if you have an apple device or try STITCHER if you are an android user.