This is a special episode. The word we'll be picking apart today is 'nostalgia'. But this isn't your typical Get the Word! episode. It's an interview with the great Naomi Carmack of the Dope Nostalgia podcast. We discuss the origin and history

Come Eat the Rich with Get the Word!

Sep 18th, 2021 16m 49s

Hey everyone! Mike here about to tell everyone to go eat the rich. Now before you go on assuming that this podcast has totally just gone off the rails and has turned into my soapbox for spewing my views on oligarchy within an ever growing destr

Bon Voyage Mon Amour

Sep 11th, 2021 17m 6s

Bonjour fellow word nerds. It’s Mike. I apologize already to any of my French listeners. Bonjour and Bon Voyage will be pretty much the only French words I speak today. I also apologize for starting right off the bat with the most stereotypical

Fate or Destiny?

Sep 5th, 2021 17m 40s

Greetings nerds. It’s Mike, host of Get the Word! Don’t worry, I’m a nerd too so… I mean it as a term of endearment. I’ve always been a nerd. I guess it was just my fate. Or was it my destiny? Hmmm. In this episode we’ll dive into both words to

Homeopathic Not Home Remedy

Aug 28th, 2021 16m 33s

Greetings friends. This is Get the Word! with Mike Butler. An etymology podcast for word nerds. I am your host, Mike Butler. Today we’re talking about a word that’s often misused, and misunderstood. Homeopathy. I want to start off by saying tha

Gaslighting

Aug 22nd, 2021 20m

Hi, everyone. It’s Mike. I’m going to talk today about the word gaslight. The term, as a verb, as an action, is no laughing matter, so I’m not going to joke around much in today’s episode. Gaslighting is very real and many have gone through it.

Good Podcast, Gumshoe

Aug 15th, 2021 20m 24s

It’s Mike. I was just gabbing recently about how I should probably start covering words and phrases that are trending right now in popular media. “What a great way to get the word out about Get the Word!”, I thought to myself. People are alread

Two Ships that Pass in the Night

Aug 8th, 2021 18m 8s

Ahoy there all my nerdy friends. It’s Mike. Fancy spotting you here in the endless podcast sea. Today we’re talking about an idiom, or idiomatic expression. What’s that? It’s a phrase with a meaning that is not clear just looking at the individ

Feelin' Groovy with Get the Word!

Aug 1st, 2021 18m

Hi everyone, it’s Mike. Today we’re talking about a word that most would argue is definitely past its peak popularity. Groovy. We’ll look at the interesting origin of this word and also why we have seen a resurgence in popularity of the word gr

Have You Been ben the Ben of a But 'n' Ben?

Jul 24th, 2021 10m 33s

Hello everyone. It’s Mike, your host of Get the Word! an etymology podcast for word nerds. I’m also an ESL teacher. I guide people through their journey of learning the English language. On a regular basis, I end up being the one learning new w

Are You a Nuisance with Your Two Cents?

Jul 17th, 2021 24m 13s

Welcome everyone to another episode of Get the Word! I am your host Mike Butler. In a recent episode I used the phrase My Two Cents in a joke about the four penny coffins mentioned in the hangover episode. It got me thinkin’, how far back can I

Another Skaturday Night (and I Ain't Got No Trilby)

Jul 11th, 2021 19m 52s

Welcome to another episode of Get the Word! everyone. This one’s for all you skins and rudies out there. It’s about the origin of the word ‘ska’.Ska is a type of music with a very danceable beat. Some of the distinctive elements of the ska rh

(Hopefully) Better than Lodging at the Twopenny Hangover

Jul 3rd, 2021 14m 39s

Hello everyone. It’s Mike, your host of Get the Word! It’s July 3rd and that means it’s a holiday weekend here in the United States, celebrating our independence from Britain. That’s not what I want to talk about today though. Rather I’m going

Opening up the Fact Cabinet with a Rooster Bar

Jun 27th, 2021 15m 57s

This week we’re looking at the word ‘crow’. We’ll start with the word crow and its different meanings, and then talk about a few terms, phrases and other words in which we see crow appear. Words like crowbar. Terms like Jim Crow. We’ll discuss

Is That Resting Bitch Face or Are You Just Unhappy to See Me?

Jun 19th, 2021 20m 49s

-- STRONG LANGUAGE WARNING -- Hello everyone it’s Mike, your host of Get the Word! an etymology podcast for word nerds. This week I couldn’t stop reflecting on a phrase we talked about last week in our episode on antidisestablishmentarianism.

That Time I Spray-painted Antidisestablishmentarianism on the Side of My Van

Jun 12th, 2021 21m 19s

Welcome everyone. I’m your host and fellow word nerd, Mike Butler. This week’s episode features a word often included in lists of the longest words in English. Antidisestablishmentarianism...Audio transcript on the website, https://www.english

A Perfectly Cromulent Podcast Launch

Jun 5th, 2021 17m 21s

Welcome to the first episode of Get the Word! An etymology podcast for word nerds. We’ll talk about the history and origin of words in English. If you’re coming over from The English Sessions, well, then I’ll give you even bigger welcome, loyal

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Get the Word! Trailer

May 30th, 2021 1m 9s

From the creator of The English Sessions comes Get the Word! An etymology podcast for word nerds. Join Mike as he picks apart words and phrases in English and lets you peek into his Fact Cabinet. More information and audio transcripts are avai

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