Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, gather around to hear the latest word from our great leaders, Aaron, Abraham, Efren, and Josh as they talk about today's word, dictate. Their word goes, so make sure to take dictation so you can catch ever

Ep. 49: Gothic

Apr 23rd, 2022 51m 25s

Join us on this episode to learn how those goth girls you were attracted to in high school are a commentary on the Roman Empire. Yeah, Abe's research is just that good. Efren brings a poem by Rickey Laurentiis and we choose a song from the Crow

Ep. 48: Delicious

Mar 11th, 2022 52m 22s

Stop what you're listening to. Is it really yummy enough? If not, why not join us on a tasty adventure through the history of our week's word, delicious. Learn what types of food the Extreme Vocabulary gang likes to eat, how they make their syl

Ep. 48: Delicious

Feb 17th, 2022 53m 12s

Ep. 478: Delicious

Feb 17th, 2022 53m 12s

Stop what you're eating. Is it really yummy enough? If not, why not join us on a tasty adventure through the history of our week's word: delicious. Learn what types of food the Extreme Vocabulary gang likes to eat, how they make their syllabi,

Ep. 47: Persuasion

Jan 7th, 2022 1h 14m

We are here to convince, urge, strong-arm, and maybe just order at gunpoint you into appreciating the depths of today's word. Don't worry, when we're done, you will think it was your idea. If you can be persuaded to listen to this episode, you

Ep. 46: Revenge

Jun 16th, 2021 1h 19m

Have you ever wished that you could punish all those other podcasts who waste your time with pointless speculation? Welcome back to Extreme Vocabulary, where our success has caused such consternation among our peers that our very existence is v

EP. 45: Conundrum

Jan 28th, 2021 1h 13m

You are at a crossroads. Should you listen to this podcast, where we take a deep-dive into our word of the day, which was created as a joke? Or should you watch another episode of Cobra Kai, where every time you try to do the right thing, thing

EP. 44: Maudlin

Nov 24th, 2020 1h 13m

Have you ever had a friend who seems to show up at all the most important moments of your life? If your name is Jesus, that friend is probably Mary Magdalene; or so the story goes. But what does Mary Magdalene have to do with today's word? Well

Ep. 43: Mezzanine

Sep 20th, 2020 1h 1m

What do John Wilkes Booth, Home Depot workers, and Pinterest Boards have in common? Mezzanine, of course. In the middle of our life's journey, we sometimes encounter fancy and laborious words like mezzanine. But we're here to help. In this epi

Ep. 42: Miracle

Jul 24th, 2020 1h 17m

What if I told you that miracles happen everyday? What if Abe also told you that's really not a big deal because the etymology of the word reveals that miracles aren't about anything unusual anyways? In today's episode, we venture into

Ep. 41: Loot

Jul 2nd, 2020 58m 24s

On today's episode we look at the history of this rich word. Aaron hosts the guys as they react to recent news events by looking up a word. Abraham has done the research revealing its various definitions over the years, and discovers that the

Ep. 41: Loot

Jul 2nd, 2020 58m 24s

Ep. 40: Sartorial

Jun 2nd, 2020 54m 22s

On today's episode we ask you a sexy question: What are you wearing? As we talk about the word Sartorial, we discuss scientifically engineered clothes, TC Surf Designs, pretending to be upper class, comfortability, double-breasted suits, kimon

Ep. 39: Commune

Apr 3rd, 2020 1h 9m

In this second of our two-part series, we think about communism's root word commune. We ask, what can humans commune with? What is left of the commons? Air? Water? Desert? And Efren offers Planet Fitness as a utopian model of communism. Wait!

Ep. 38: Capital

Feb 28th, 2020 55m 37s

Today's episode is the first of a two part discussion on the opposing terms CAPITAL and COMMUNE, roots of the words capitalism and communism. And you bet that our discussion will rattle your head as we take on the debate between capital and co

Ep. 37: No Word

Dec 8th, 2019 1h 6m

Today we take a break from our normal format to reveal tiny slivers of our identities and lives. Also, some number of impressions are made. Don't get knocked down, get up again, and enjoy this episode.

Ep. 36: Blunt

Oct 27th, 2019 54m 25s

On today's episode, we are missing Aaron so we lose our edge as we discuss today's not-so-sharp word, BLUNT. So join us as we consider the history of how warfare generates our metaphors, insults make us dance, and salsa inspires the salivary g

Ep. 35: Abstract

Sep 29th, 2019 50m 45s

Today we find ourselves at the precipice between what is symbol and what is phenomena, and we discuss how words and numbers help us crossover from our crude matter into our minds and back out into the cosmos. Art itself supports and is support

Ep. 34: Skulduggery

Aug 18th, 2019 48m 54s

This is no act of deceit or treachery, this is a real episode of Extreme Vocabulary, where we define one of the least rooted words we've ever had. Join us to learn the tale of how a Scottish word came to be used to describe a sex crime in old

Ep. 33: Ubiquitous

Jul 28th, 2019 46m 37s

Psst! It's us. We're right behind you. And in front of you. And also in these tiny wafers. That's right we are using our godlike powers to reach you yet again for another episode of Extreme Vocabulary. On this episode, we study another word wi

Ep. 32: Sonder

Jun 26th, 2019 49m 23s

On this episode, The Extreme Vocabularians find a recently-coined word and critique its poetic, philosophical, and psychological possibilities. In other words, we hate it. But even though this word is new, it has a mysterious and disputed hist

Ep. 31: Defenestrate

May 19th, 2019 48m 14s

Word recommender and guest host, Renee joins Extreme Vocabulary this week for a discussion on one of the deadliest words we've ever featured. Tracing this word's histories back to the time of the Reformation, we learn about how people used DEF

Ep. 30: Us and Them

Apr 14th, 2019 49m 54s

Hey it’s US again! But if we’re US, then who is everybody else? In our great tradition of defining words that we already know, we are going with a couple of the first words we learn. Are they also some of the first words humans conceptualized?

Ep. 29: Breath

Mar 16th, 2019 54m 3s

By now, you can probably see where this is going. By analyzing the origins of today's word, we uncover some ancient associations with it that exist to this day in some magical way. Yeah, we've been doing this for a while now, so it's almost as