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What do the words companion and mate have in common with food? What is a Calque? Listen to this episode to find out!

Sources:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/history-of-word-companion

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/companion#:~:text=companion%20(plural%20companions),accompany%20or%20travel%20with%20another.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mate

https://www.smh.com.au/national/mate-what-s-the-history-of-our-most-treasured-salutation-20210513-p57rhk.html

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comrade

What do ancient theatre goers of Rome and the word explode have in common? Listen to the episode to find out!

Sources:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/explode

What are words which contradict themselves called? Fast means to go fast, but, to stand fast means to not move at all. Listen to this episode to understand such words!

Sources: 

https://medium.com/@jackashepherd/these-extremely-cool-words-mean-the-opposite-of-themselves-8e4f5fd63cd3

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/words-own-opposites#:~:text=A%20'Janus%20word'%20is%20a,antagonyms%2C%20or%20auto%2Dantonyms.

https://blog.maltalingua.com/what-are-janus-words/

https://www.economist.com/culture/2022/09/08/some-words-have-two-opposite-meanings-why

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus#:~:text=In%20ancient%20Roman%20religion%20and,named%20for%20Janus%20(Ianuarius).

https://www.andersonlock.com/blog/god-doors/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-antonym#:~:text=An%20auto%2Dantonym%20or%20autantonym,or%20%22to%20bind%20together%22.

What is the difference between a pirate and a privateer? What link has the pirate William Dampier has to guacomole, mango chutney, and to Charles Darwin? Listen to the episode to find out!

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dampier

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Selkirk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Hatley

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/eat-like-a-pirate

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/first-food-writer

https://ocean.si.edu/human-connections/exploration/william-dampier-pirate-who-collected-plants

https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/arrival-of-english-explorer-william-dampier

https://www.britannica.com/story/pirates-privateers-corsairs-buccaneers-whats-the-difference#:~:text=A%20privateer%20was%20a%20pirate,belonging%20to%20a%20rival%20country.

https://blog.marinersmuseum.org/2012/09/the-difference-between-pirates-privateers-and-buccaneers-pt-1/

What does the word cereal and panic have to do with Greek mythology? Listen to the episode to find out!

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres_(dwarf_planet)

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cereal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_(god)

https://drhoffman.com/article/the-origin-of-panic-3/

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/the-mythological-origin-of-panic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronos

https://www.etymonline.com/word/victory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_(mythology)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike_(mythology)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanus

Are the words humid and humour related? What does the word melancholy have to do with bile? Listen to the episode to find out!

Sources: 

https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/the-origin-of-the-word-humor/

https://www.britannica.com/science/humor-ancient-physiology

https://uselessetymology.com/2017/11/29/the-etymology-of-humor/

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/112655/how-did-the-word-humor-which-originally-represented-bodily-fluids-end-up-rep

https://www.thecolourworks.com/hippocrates-galen-the-four-humours/

What does the word 'ado' mean in the phrase much ado about nothing? Why do we say fast food and not quick food? Listen to the episode to find out!

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_word

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/fossil-words/shod-in-slipshod-and-roughshod

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreversible_binomial

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_collocations

https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/collocations.htm

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/myl/Malkiel1959.pdf

What does pandemic and pandemonium have in common? Listen to the episode to find out!

Sources:

https://letsproofread.com/text/124/

https://wordhistories.net/2016/08/25/pandemonium/

https://blog.oup.com/2008/10/pandemonium/

https://www.etymonline.com/word/pandemonium

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pand%C3%A6monium_(Paradise_Lost)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost

Was the animal sloth named after the Cardinal sin or was it the other way around? Listen to this episode to find out!

Sources:

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/sloth

https://mashedradish.com/2016/02/26/sloth/

https://www.etymonline.com/word/sloth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloth_(deadly_sin)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acedia

What does the Goddess of love have to do with the etymology of the word venom? Listen to find out!

Sources:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/venom-and-the-goddess-of-love

https://www.etymonline.com/word/poison

https://www.reddit.com/r/etymology/comments/o4x247/the_revered_deadly_beasts_loved_gonorrhea_venus/

https://www.etymonline.com/word/*wen-?ref=etymonline_crossreference#etymonline_v_52678

https://www.etymonline.com/word/venom