Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris

38 Episoder

1. Where the f*** do swear words come from?

   Udgivet: 19.3.2025
2. Which flower makes you wet the bed? | FLOWER NAME ORIGINS

   Udgivet: 12.3.2025
3. Is this a rhetorical question? | RHETORIC & LITERARY DEVICES

   Udgivet: 5.3.2025
4. How did our naughty bits get their names? | BODY ETYMOLOGY

   Udgivet: 26.2.2025
5. What's the difference between a violin and a fiddle? | MUSIC WORDS

   Udgivet: 19.2.2025
6. Who invented zero? | MATH & NUMBERS

   Udgivet: 12.2.2025
7. Who was the original "goodfella"? | CRIME WORDS

   Udgivet: 5.2.2025
8. Who was the first to "paint the town red"? | IDIOM ORIGINS

   Udgivet: 29.1.2025
9. Is he Santa Claus or Father Christmas? | FESTIVE ETYMOLOGY

   Udgivet: 18.12.2024
10. What did a "sin-eater" do? | JOB ETYMOLOGY

    Udgivet: 11.12.2024
11. Is it a 'full stop' or a 'period'? | PUNCTUATION

    Udgivet: 4.12.2024
12. Is corporate jargon a synergistic value-add? | JARGON

    Udgivet: 27.11.2024
13. Who is the Jack in a deck of cards? | GAME WORDS

    Udgivet: 20.11.2024
14. Which cocktail's name means "moist little thing"? | BOOZY WORDS

    Udgivet: 13.11.2024
15. How can "tree" and "truth" be related? | WOODLAND WORDS

    Udgivet: 6.11.2024
16. What's the true meaning of 'happiness'? | EMOTION ETYMOLOGY

    Udgivet: 30.10.2024
17. What's the 'were' in werewolf? | SPOOKY ETYMOLOGY

    Udgivet: 23.10.2024
18. Why does oxygen have the wrong name? | ELEMENTS

    Udgivet: 18.9.2024
19. What does antidisestablishmentarianism mean? | LONG WORDS

    Udgivet: 11.9.2024
20. Why are you such a nincompoop? | INSULTS

    Udgivet: 4.9.2024