Kel once again proves to be the 'fount of all knowledge' when it comes to words and language - as he has since the 'get go'! This week, we get a new word for a wild party, the origins of a word for wild horses and some wild speculation on a few other choices phrases. See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Kel once again proves to be the 'fount of all knowledge' when it comes to words and language - as he has since the 'get go'! This week, we get a new word for a wild party, the origins of a word for wild horses and some wild speculation on a few other choices phrases. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kel once again proves to be the 'fount of all knowledge' when it comes to words and language - as he has since the 'get go'! This week, we get a new word for a wild party, the origins of a word for wild horses and some wild speculation on a few other choices phrases.&nbsp;See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="noopener noreferrer">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="noopener noreferrer">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Words: Shrinkflation

Without words there is nothing. There are more than 170-thousand words in the English language. Scrabble, Words with friends, Wordle… we’re obsessed with words.

Join Kel Richards and John Stanley for a weekly podcast where we dissect the origins and reasons why the words we use everyday are so vital to the way we live.

Kel Richards has been reporting on the Australian language for more than 25 years, and is the author of nine books about words and language. He has been described as "the wordsmith to the nation." Kel is a veteran Australian author, journalist and broadcaster and knows all when it comes to words!

Subscribe so you never miss a new episode of Words with Kel Richards.

You can find more from Kel Richards at ozwords.com.au.

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Without words there is nothing. There are more than 170-thousand words in the English language. Scrabble, Words with friends, Wordle… we’re obsessed with words. Join Kel Richards and John Stanley for a weekly podcast where we dissect the origins and reasons why the words we use everyday are so vital to the way we live. Kel Richards has been reporting on the Australian language for more than 25 years, and is the author of nine books about words and language. He has been described as "the wordsmith to the nation." Kel is a veteran Australian author, journalist and broadcaster and knows all when it comes to words! Subscribe so you never miss a new episode of Words with Kel Richards. You can find more from Kel Richards at ozwords.com.au.

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