Time for some entomology etymology! Rob and Jess will have you in bits as they explore the literal meaning of "insect" and all manner of other term for creepy crawly.

🕷️ Why do spiders spin "cobwebs"?

🦋 Was a butterfly ever a "flutterby"?

🐞 Which is older, "ladybug" or "ladybird"?

These questions answered, and many more, a critter-crammed episode of Words Unravelled.

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Holy heck! Rob and Jess are back with an episode of biblical proportions. Join them as they get to the gospel truth about the origins of religious words.

⛪️ What was kept in the very first chapel?

🦛 Which animal was the original behemoth?

🗝️ Where does the word "conclave" come from?

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

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Jess and Rob are unravelling the origins of our words for fabric and clothing in this highly fashionable episode of Words Unravelled.

🩲 Why do 'pants' mean different things in the UK and US?

👖 Which city are your jeans named after?

🪶 What's flappy about a 'flapper girl'?

✈️ Is 'nylon' really named after New York and London?

These questions answered, and many more, in our most unravelly episode of Words Unravelled.

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It's time to hit the road with Rob and Jess as they journey through the origins of words from road and rail.

🚃 Why do Brits say "transport" and Americans "transportation"?

🚊 What's the difference between a train and a locomotive?

🚙 How do you actually pronounce Hyundai?

These questions answered – and many more – in this transport[ation] special of Words Unravelled.

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Rob and Jess "pull out all the stops" in this episode explaining idiom origins. 

✈️ Why do we say "balls to the wall" and "push the envelope"? 

🐘 What's so useless about a "white elephant"? 

👕 Where were the original "whole nine yards"?

These questions answered and many more in this common sayings special of Words Unravelled.

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Let's explore British English and American English. In another transatlantic war of words, Rob (a Brit) and Jess (an American) debate the differing words for the same things either side of the pond.

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We're back for a new 🇬🇧series/🇺🇸season of Words Unravelled. In this episode, transatlantic word nerds Rob and Jess tackle the truth and lies surrounding Williams Shakespeare.

✍️ Did the Bard really invent 1,700 words?

🤬 Which insults did Willy give us?

🎭 Could he actually have written all of those plays?

These questions answered and many more, just As You Like It.

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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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