There's fightin' talk in this episode of Words Unravelled, in which Jess and Rob discuss words of warcraft.

🔫 Which woman are all guns named after?

🪖 Where does the word "war" come from?

👮 Is lieutenant pronounced loo-tenant or lef-tenant?

These questions answered – and many more – in this military etymology special of Words Unravelled.

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In this printing special of Words Unravelled, Jess proves herself a font of knowledge on names for typefaces and Rob makes a bit impression with the history of the printing press.

🆎 What's the difference between a font and a typeface?

😈 Who was the printer's devil?

📖 How did the printing press ruin English spelling?

These questions answered — and many more — in this cliché-free episode of Words Unravelled.

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It's here: the much-requested swearing episode of Words Unravelled. Join Rob and Jess as they explore the origins of all manner of profanity.

#️⃣ Where did the F word come from?

📍 Which place names originally contained swear words?

📺 What are the worst words you can say on TV?

These questions answered, and many more, in this NSFW edition of Words Unravelled.

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Welcome to another bloomin' wonderful episode of Words Unravelled. This time, Rob and Jess are discussing the origins of all manner of flower name.

🌻Which flower makes you wet the bed?

👁️Which flower's name means "day's eye"?

🌹What is the origin of the word rose?

🥒What did Jess name her cucumber plant?

These questions answered - and many more - in this anthology of horticultural etymologies.

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🤬 Merriam-Webster's flowers that sound like insults: https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/plant-names-that-sound-like-insults 

Who wants to learn how to talk pretty? In this episode, Rob and Jess explore the clever tricks used by poets, novelists and speechwriters to surprise, move and persuade us. Join them as they discuss rhetoric and literary devices.

😉 What are the three types of irony?

❓Do you now an anaphora from an epistrophe?

🤷🏼‍♀️ Why is tmesis so un-flippin'-believable?

These questions answered and many more in another Words Unravelled.

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Let's discuss the etymology of the body from "head" to "toe". Join Rob and Jess on an adventure through anatomical word origins.

👅 Why is tongue spelt that way?

🍎 What did we originally call our Adam's apple?

🍆 How did our naughty bits get their names?

These questions answered and many more in a body-positive episode of Words Unravelled.

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Let this episode be music to your ears as Rob Watts and Jess Zafarris explore the melodic origins of all manner of musical words.

👦 Which instrument used to be called a "ho boy"?

🎤 What does "karaoke" literally mean?

🎷 Who is the saxophone named after?

🎶 How good is Rob's theremin impression?

These questions answered, and many more in another Words Unravelled.

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Join Rob and Jess as they explore the origins of a myriad of mathematical terms and innumerable number words.

💯 What number was the original "hundred"?

♾️ What is the infinity symbol called?

🕚 Why does English have weird words for 11 and 12?

These questions answered - and numerous others - in an incalculably fun episode of Words Unravelled.

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Rob and Jess are on the wrong side of the law in this criminal episode of Words Unravelled. Join them as they discuss the origins of all manner of words for felony, misdemeanour and malfeasance.

🏴‍☠️ What is so black about blackmail?

🏚️ What is the "burg" in burglary?

💰 What's the difference between "robbery" and "theft"? 

🎩 What Victorian prison slang are we still using today?

Those questions answered and many more in this episode filled with criminal etymology.

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In this episode, Rob and Jess debunk some myths about the origins of common sayings, and prevent the even more fascinating true stories behind the idioms we use day-to-day.

🔴 Who was the first to "paint the town red"?

🌩️ How can someone's "thunder" be "stolen"?

🐕 What's the (horrible) origin of "to screw the pooch"?

🥃 Where did the phrase "on the wagon" come from?

These questions answered and many more in another Words Unravelled.

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