46:59

Who was the first to 'spill the beans'? | SAYINGS EXPLAINED

43:45

Why are we saying 'Caesar' wrong? | TITLES & POWER

41:43

What does 'dinosaur' literally mean? | DINOSAURS

43:06

What is the 'Eng' in 'England'? | COUNTRY NAME ORIGINS

47:13

Why do news anchors all sound the same? | NEWS WORDS

43:19

How could one man write a dictionary? | SAMUEL JOHNSON

47:36

Why is it called a 'cockpit'? | AVIATION WORDS

50:48

How did currencies get their names? | MONEY WORD ORIGINS

43:22

Does English use the wrong word for clouds? | WEATHER WORDS

44:57

Exposing grammar myths and mistakes with Grammar Girl

50:06

Why is English full of French words?

41:54

Precisely how long is a 'moment'? | TIME WORDS

47:39

What was the original "blockbuster"? | MOVIE WORDS

42:55

Why is there a cat in "caterpillar"? | BUG WORDS

39:48

Why is the Pope "the daddy"?

39:43

Why do Brits think 'pants' are underwear? | CLOTHING WORDS

44:27

Why is there an N in "passenger"?

50:18

Why do we say "as mad as a hatter"? | IDIOM ORIGINS

47:16

Is it a restroom or a loo?

34:15

Did Shakespeare write all his plays?

42:06

How do you pronounce lieutenant? | MILITARY WORDS

40:55

Why do we mind our Ps and Qs? | PRINTING TERMS

52:22

Where do swear words come from?

45:32

Which flower makes you wet the bed? | FLOWER NAME ORIGINS

40:42

Is this a rhetorical question? | RHETORIC & LITERARY DEVICES

46:38

How did our naughty bits get their names? | BODY ETYMOLOGY

30:21

What's the difference between a violin and a fiddle? | MUSIC WORDS

33:33

Who invented zero? | MATH & NUMBERS

48:34

Who was the original "goodfella"? | CRIME WORDS

48:44

Who was the first to "paint the town red"? | IDIOM ORIGINS

40:29

Is he Santa Claus or Father Christmas? | FESTIVE WORD ORIGINS

48:53

What did a "sin-eater" do? | JOB ETYMOLOGY

43:50

Is it a 'full stop' or a 'period'? | PUNCTUATION

42:51

Is corporate jargon "a value add"? | JARGON ETYMOLOGY

44:31

Who is the Jack in a deck of cards? | GAME WORDS

45:47

Which cocktail means "moist little thing"? | BOOZY WORDS

58:07

How can "tree" and "truth" be related? | WOODLAND WORDS

49:50

How are people using "mortified" wrongly? | EMOTION ETYMOLOGY

52:09

What's the 'were' in werewolf? | SPOOKY ETYMOLOGY

48:38

Why does oxygen have the wrong name? | ELEMENTS

40:20

What is antidisestablishmentarianism? | THE LONGEST WORDS

36:19

Why are you a nincompoop? | INSULTS

29:44

Do geese see god? | PALINDROMES

46:45

Why is the word "dog" such a mystery? | ANIMAL WORDS

30:43

What mystery did the original "clue" solve? | MYTHOLOGY WORDS

49:32

Can a word be its own opposite? | CONTRONYMS

37:14

Do "vegetables" technically exist? | FOOD WORDS

33:21

What exactly is a "petard"? | FOSSIL WORDS

38:59

Have you ever had the mulligrubs? | LOST WORDS

37:36

How did the planets get their names? | SPACE WORDS

34:20

Did the Greeks have no word for blue? COLOR WORDS

37:40

The battle between British and American English

36:50

Was an orange ever a "norange"? | PORTMANTEAUS & WORD MASHUPS

34:23

What's poopy about a poop deck? | NAUTICAL ETYMOLOGY

27:40

Can you be gormful, wistless or ert? | LOST POSITIVES

30:05

Why is it a "murder" of crows? | COLLECTIVE NOUNS

36:49

Is "posh" really an acronym? | WORD MYTHS

30:39

Are you getting these wrong too? | EGGCORNS

31:05

Why do we say "hello"?