Podictionary weekly is an audio compilation of the five words of the day from the daily version of the podictionary podcast.
Monday’s podictionary word was rescue
Tuesday’s word history was for weather
Wednesday’s word origin was for squash
Thursday’s etymology, was for mirror and
Friday’s word root was for the word incandescent
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podictionary weekly # 241 – January 25 to 29Podictionary weekly is an audio compilation of the five words of the day from the daily version of the podictionary podcast.
Monday’s podictionary word was slalom
Tuesday’s word history was for arrive
Wednesday’s word origin was for humiliate
Thursday’s etymology, was for login and
Friday’s word root was for the word bachelor
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podictionary weekly # 240 – January 18 to 22Podictionary weekly is an audio compilation of the five words of the day from the daily version of the podictionary podcast.
Monday’s podictionary word was chat
Tuesday’s word history was for album
Wednesday’s word origin was for cynic
Thursday’s etymology, was for amateur and
Friday’s word root was for the word zero
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podictionary weekly # 239 – January 11 to 15Podictionary weekly is an audio compilation of the five words of the day from the daily version of the podictionary podcast.
Monday’s podictionary word was exhaust
Tuesday’s word history was for pomegranate
Wednesday’s word origin was for cylinder
Thursday’s etymology, was for plumbing and
Friday’s word root was for the word stethoscope
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podictionary weekly # 238 – January 4 to 8Podictionary weekly is an audio compilation of the five words of the day from the daily version of the podictionary podcast.
Monday’s podictionary word was year
Tuesday’s word history was for average
Wednesday’s word origin was for sponge
Thursday’s etymology, was for work and
Friday’s word root was for the word desk
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podictionary weekly # 237 – Dec 21 to Jan1Podictionary weekly is an audio compilation of the five words of the day from the daily version of the podictionary podcast.
Over this holiday period I’ve ganged two weeks worth of three episodes each into one bi-weekly episode. What that means is that there won’t be an episode next week on New Years day.
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podictionary weekly # 236 – December 14 to 18Podictionary weekly is an audio compilation of the five words of the day from the daily version of the podictionary podcast.
Monday’s podictionary word was dubious
Tuesday’s word history was for swastika
Wednesday’s word origin was for luge
Thursday’s etymology, was for obscure and
Friday’s word root was for the word mogul
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podictionary weekly # 235 – December 7 to 11Podictionary weekly is an audio compilation of the five words of the day from the daily version of the podictionary podcast.
Monday’s podictionary word was dictionary
Tuesday’s word history was for idiot
Wednesday’s word origin was for blah
Thursday’s etymology, was for slang and
Friday’s word root was for the word bobsleigh
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podictionary weekly # 234 – Nov 30 to Dec 4Podictionary weekly is an audio compilation of the five words of the day from the daily version of the podictionary podcast.
Monday’s podictionary word was karaoke
Tuesday’s word history was for decimate
Wednesday’s word origin was for whiffling
Thursday’s etymology, was for tobacco and
Friday’s word root was for the word duck
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podictionary weekly # 233 – November 23 to 27Podictionary weekly is an audio compilation of the five words of the day from the daily version of the podictionary podcast.
Monday’s podictionary word was victim
Tuesday’s word history was for shave
Wednesday’s word origin was for entail
Thursday’s etymology, was for revolution and
Friday’s word root was for the word virtue
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podictionary weekly # 232 – November 16 to 20Podictionary weekly is an audio compilation of the five words of the day from the daily version of the podictionary podcast.
Monday’s podictionary word was deed
Tuesday’s word history was for commuter
Wednesday’s word origin was for Nike
Thursday’s etymology, was for orient and
Friday’s word root was for the word talent
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podictionary weekly # 231 – November 9 to 13Podictionary weekly is an audio compilation of the five words of the day from the daily version of the podictionary podcast.
Monday’s podictionary word was abacus
Tuesday’s word history was for baby
Wednesday’s word origin was for nova
Thursday’s etymology, was for pant and
Friday’s word root was for the word trance
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podictionary weekly # 230 – November 2 to 6Podictionary weekly is an audio compilation of the five words of the day from the daily version of the podictionary podcast.
Monday’s podictionary word was pheasant
Tuesday’s word history was for magazine
Wednesday’s word origin was for pawn
Thursday’s etymology, was for hors d’oeuvre and
Friday’s word root was for the word paint
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podictionary weekly # 229 – Oct 26 to 30Podictionary weekly is an audio compilation of the five words of the day from the daily version of the podictionary podcast.
This week at podictionary I covered the words yacht, trapeze, placenta, bargain and lampoon.
You may notice a slightly different format and that’s because I’m giving podictionary a facelift after more than four years of episodes.
I’ve [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |
podictionary weekly # 228 – Oct 19 to 23Podictionary weekly is an audio compilation of the five words of the day from the daily version of the podictionary podcast.
Monday’s podictionary word was carpenter
Tuesday’s word history was for tragus
Wednesday’s word origin was for aluminum
Thursday’s etymology, was for curfew and
Friday’s word root was for the word leotard
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ppodictionary weekly # 227 – Oct 12 to 16Podictionary weekly is an audio compilation of the five words of the day from the daily version of the podictionary podcast.
This week is a special edition since on Thursday the podcast was an extended interview with Philip Durkin the Principal Etymologist for the Oxford English Dictionary. I’ve rearranged the order of the posts so that [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |
podictionary weekly # 226 – Oct 5 to 9Podictionary weekly is an audio compilation of the five words of the day from the daily version of the podictionary podcast.
Monday’s podictionary word was hue
Tuesday’s word history was for frolic
Wednesday’s word origin was for annihilate
Thursday’s etymology, was for lesbian and
Friday’s word root was for the word neck
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podictionary weekly # 225 – Sept 28 to Oct 2Podictionary weekly is an audio compilation of the five words of the day from the daily version of the podictionary podcast.
Monday’s podictionary word was elbow
Tuesday’s word history was for cuckoo
Wednesday’s word origin was for pompous
Thursday’s etymology, was for macaroni and
Friday’s word root was for the word glue
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podictionary weekly # 224 – Sept 21 to 25Podictionary weekly is an audio compilation of the five words of the day from the daily version of the podictionary podcast.
Monday’s podictionary word was stigma
Tuesday’s word history was for ostracize
Wednesday’s word origin was for Excalibur
Thursday’s etymology, was for tweed and
Friday’s word root was for the word columbine
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podictionary weekly # 223 – Sept 14 to 18Podictionary weekly is an audio compilation of the five words of the day from the daily version of the podictionary podcast.
Monday’s podictionary word was sheriff
Tuesday’s word history was for Greek
Wednesday’s word origin was for coroner
Thursday’s etymology, was for puke and
Friday’s word root was for the word intramural
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