Getting Down & Wordy

01/10/2023

NEW EPISODE! We're talking about Matchbox Twenty and how men talk. What is masculine language? Find out. Anywhere you get podcasts or at this link:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-down-wordy/id1581316249?i=1000629787955

17/09/2023

NEW EPISODE! We talk about "Barbie Girl" by Aqua and feminine language. Do women talk differently from men? Find us anywhere you get podcasts or at this link:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-down-wordy/id1581316249?i=1000628141886

15/05/2023

14/05/2023

octopus tentacles are expensive apparently

14/05/2023

NEW EPISODE We talk about Karol G and the origins of 'yes'
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-down-wordy/id1581316249?i=1000612948150

‎Show Getting Down & Wordy, Ep Karol G "Mientras Me Curo Del Cora" & Affirmative Language - May 14, 2023

13/05/2023

"draw" comes from "drag" because we drag the pencil across the paper

11/05/2023

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4209862/Researchers-reveal-singing-neutralise-accent.html #:~:text=Linguistically%2C%20the%20very%20process%20of,increased%2C%20articulation%20is%20less%20precise

Most British pop and rock stars sing with an American accent. But UK grime artists are taking pride in their Britishness and staying true to their regional roots.

05/05/2023

this is really interesting

Younger speakers are increasingly separating words by means of glottal stops!0:00 Introduction0:30 Laryngoscopy1:02 Glottis and Glottal Stop2:18 Hard Attack3...

05/05/2023

I just realized that "trivia" is latin for "threeway"

04/05/2023

assbutt

03/05/2023

Our word "turquoise" is just an old word for "Turkish"

03/05/2023

Listen to our latest episode about the origins of the word SLIME, a word which once meant ooze but now also means friend.

‎Show Getting Down & Wordy, Ep Young Thug "Digits" & Slime - Apr 30, 2023

16/04/2023

New episode! Meghan Trainor and the etymology of 'make'! Listen anywhere you get podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-down-wordy/id1581316249?i=1000609138686

19/02/2023

NEW EPISODE Sam Smith and Kim Petras try to make "body shop" catch on as a slang for . . . Whatever it is it's vaguely "Unholy"! We talk the etymology of 'body' and Focus on the Family's music review blog. Listen anywhere you get podcasts.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-down-wordy/id1581316249?i=1000600384789

14/02/2023

Listen to this episode from Learn German through Music on Spotify. Genre: Pop/ Hip-hop Band: SDP Official Website: https://www.sdp-online.de/ Latin Jukebox: https://linktr.ee/latinjukebox Día de Amor y Amistad, Columbia: https://medellinguru.com/dia-de-amor-y-amistad/ Links & Socials Buy Me a Coffe...

14/02/2023

these yeezys look like someone accidentally melted their crocs in the dryer

13/02/2023

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/rebecca-black-let-her-burn/?mbid=social_twitter&utm_brand=p4k&utm_medium=social&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=twitter

Read Shaad D’Souza’s review of the album.

13/02/2023

etymologically speaking, the singer Feist basically named herself "Fart"

12/02/2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG3WkiL0d_U&t=1s&ab_channel=MADONNAVEVO

11/02/2023

Chris cross apple sores

08/02/2023

NEW EPISODE We talk about astrology and the sign Aquarius, and the song "Age of Aquarius" by the Fifth Dimension. Also Slovenia's Joker Out! Go to your seventh house and align your ears with this podcast!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-down-wordy/id1581316249?i=1000598045783

08/01/2023

Our new episode FEATURING ANDRES OF LATIN JUKEBOX is out! We talk Bad Bunny and Spanish in the English speaking world. Check it out and check out Latin Jukebox anywhere you get podcasts

‎Show Getting Down & Wordy, Ep Bad Bunny & Spanish in America with Andres from Latin Jukebox Podcast - Jan 8, 2023

19/12/2022

NEW EPISODE! Get down and have a very wordy Christmas with NSYNC "Merry Christmas Happy Holidays" and the story of why we say 'merry' instead of 'happy' in just this one instance
https://anchor.fm/gettingdownandwordy/episodes/NSYNC-Merry-Christmas-Happy-Holidays--Merry-e1sciia

11/12/2022

NEW EPISODE! Migos and the etymology of bougie! Rise up and overthrow the celebrity podcast overclass by listening!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-down-wordy/id1581316249?i=1000589739990

We talk Migos, Takeoff's death, car words, the history of the bourgeoisie in France and communist theory, and the origin and rise of 'bougie' in African American culture through class struggles and civil rights. And we discuss Portugal's 2022 Eurovision offering "Saudade Saudade" by MARO.

27/11/2022

NEW EPISODE Blackpink's "Pink Venom" The etymology of pink. The state of KPOP. Some ideas for TV shows. The pink tax. Pink psychological experiments. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-down-wordy/id1581316249?i=1000587599906

Humorous Etymological Research Probing English Songs - A moderately researched, moderately funny chat show about popular music and language. We are a Podmoth Network podcast.

14/11/2022

There are a few steps, but our word 'bracket' comes from 'braguette' meaning 'codpiece', due to some vague shape similarity. 'Brag' also comes from this codpiece term, so not so different in concept from expressions
of today like 'dick measuring'