Here's a Winter Solstice sortie into all sorts of Santas, anti-Santas, and Scrooge-alikes. From St Nick and Kriss Kringle to Krampus and the Grinch, by way of 1 Growler, 13 Yule Lads and 7 Dwarves.


Will you find the surprise in this Christmas pudding of a podcast?

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Nickname, noun,  a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name. 

We've called a lot of people a shedload of names in 2022. Word Wrangling has narrowed down the list  of contenders for 2022's Nickname of the Year to a representative selection of moguls and politicians - the sort of people it's easy to call names.

And the winner is...

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Ha ha ha
Ho ho ho
Chortle chortle chortle ...

This episode of Word Wrangling has more laughs than you can shake a sticky stick at. You have been warned.

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Armed with eponyms and properly villainous intent, this episode welcomes terrorists, political philosophers, hacktivists and collaborators. It's a parliament of Charlies in the company of Machiavelli, the Marquis de Sade, and Les Miserables, among others; with Churchill, Thatcher, and a Johnson or three; Tolkien, Tarantino and Trump have have all turned up to the party. Music by Adolphe Sax.

You are invited. Bring your own gunpowder and matches.

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On a butterfly hunt, searching high and low and below the belt for a particular type of word. 

Quoting Bruno Mars and Chicago, misquoting Shakespeare, name-dropping. Jack Reacher. 

Saying a 'dyb dyb dyb' and a 'dob dob dob' for Lieutenant Colonel Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM GCMG GCVO KCB KStJ DL  (1857 –1941),  founder and first Chief Scout,  author of  'Scouting for Boys'.

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A short sharp root through domestic matters. Includes inspirational words from a couple of Johnsons and the Crown Prosecution Service.

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... And the band started leaving 
'Cause they all stopped breathing 
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

A snatch of lyric that kind of sums up this whole episode. If you can't name that song I can't think of a better reason for having a listen.

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An innocent duck hunt  doesn't go to plan. There will be swears before bedtime.

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Cosplay, LARPing, Historical Re-enactment, Fetish and Drag (and more) – this episode Word Wrangling has dressed to impress.

Who was the first drag queen?

What is 'yiffy'?

 Word Wrangling may not change your life but it could change your plans for the weekend.

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"An ology? He gets an ology and he says he's failed...you get an ology, you're a scientist!"

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