Green Day "American Idiot" & America

250 years after the Declaration of Independence, what does America really MEAN? As ever, an etymological understanding is basically useless, but nonetheless interesting! We’ll also discuss the nerdy names the Map Guys gave themselves, the discovery of the American continents and what makes Americans the MOST Idiots!Find us on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/gettingdownandwordy/And email us at [email protected] thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”!This week’s promoted podcast is Ugly Radio. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ugly-radio/id1515895095Find them, us, and lots of other great podcasts on our podcast network podmoth.network

This week, we’re not just etymaxxing— we’re maxxmaxxing. That’s right, we’re giving maximum effort and podmaxxing all about the suffix “-maxx!” Along the way, we’ll learn Will Smith’s true name, our favorite TTRPG cheat and just how Russell got his voice to do THAT! Wow! Still weird! -Find us on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/gettingdownandwordy/And email us at [email protected] thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”!This week’s promoted podcast is The Lost Signal. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lost-signal-podcast/id1465964518Find them, us, and lots of other great podcasts on our podcast network podmoth.network

It’s the mother of all “etymology-of-mother” podcasts, just in time to be a month late for Mother’s Day! Why? Because this ain’t your mother’s mother— it’s a Pride Month special! We’re talking ballroom, queer inventors, motherfucks and mother liquors! Maybe if you’re good, we’ll even teach you about our favorite English lenitions! --Find us on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/gettingdownandwordy/And email us at [email protected] thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”!This week’s promoted podcast is Jack Billings Presents Haunted Apartment Complex. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jack-billings-presents/id1701071750Find them, us, and lots of other great podcasts on our podcast network podmoth.network

Code Pod! Code Pod! You can stop scrolling— we’ve gone on an (academic-coded) deep dive on the surprising history behind your 20 year old niece’s new favorite way to drag your butt! (Not YET sponsored by Code Red soda, but we’re working on it!)Find us on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/gettingdownandwordy/And email us at [email protected] thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”!This week’s promoted podcast is Thick Thighs & Creepy Vibes. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thick-thighs-and-creepy-vibes/id1736179086Find them, us, and lots of other great podcasts on our podcast network podmoth.network

Happy birthday, Gemini! This one is all about you! It’s also about the language of twins, stars, twin stars and the worst people for dating! This one’s a real Gem, and I(‘m there too!) -Find us on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/gettingdownandwordy/And email us at [email protected] thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”!This week’s promoted podcast is Brutal Bizarre & Boozy. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://open.spotify.com/show/44Z9VDxjEVGpbPBkYzQorhFind them, us, and lots of other great podcasts on our podcast network podmoth.network

Oh wheeeeere do these words come from? We’re reaching all the way back into our early CGI childhoods for a fruitful etymology topic: vegetables! Where do they come from? Why do we call them that? Where are their legs? We don’t have all the answers-— only the bible does— but we’ve got a lot to chew on!Find us on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/gettingdownandwordy/And email us at [email protected] thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”!This week’s promoted podcast is Bad Acts. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bad-acts-a-true-crime-podcast/id1538464479Find them, us, and lots of other great podcasts on our podcast network podmoth.network

What are the odds our “bet” etymology episode comes out the same week as our indictments for insider trading on Kalshi? Well, according to Kalshi, it’s— wait, our lawyers said we can’t say that. Instead, how about we talk about one of America’s favorite timeless classics (The Devil Went Down to Georgia,) and another one of America’s favorite timeless classics (gambling)!--Find us on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/gettingdownandwordy/And email us at [email protected] thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”!This week’s promoted podcast is Caffeinated Conspiracies. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/caffeinated-conspiracies/id1454287363Find them, us, and lots of other great podcasts on our podcast network podmoth.network

Wait just one sloppy second! Are you telling me words like “slop” have been grossing us out since before AI? Yuck! And also cool- etymology can be both!Find us on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/gettingdownandwordy/And email us at [email protected] thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”!This week’s promoted podcast is Haunted Tales. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://linktr.ee/hauntedtalesFind them, us, and lots of other great podcasts on our podcast network podmoth.network

Sorry, did you wait long? Our sincere apologies! We’ve got another biweekly etymology infodump for you, and it’s all about the delicate language of “Sorry.” Why do we say it? What makes a good one? And why did men in the aughts suck at them so bad?Find us on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/gettingdownandwordy/And email us at [email protected] thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”!This week’s promoted podcast is Rowan & Pine. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rowan-pine-a-feminist-folklore-mythology-podcast/id1632401774Find them, us, and lots of other great podcasts on our podcast network podmoth.network

Oy, Mista! Do you even know why we call you that, or is it still a Mr. E? Today, we’re gonna learn all about the most generic honorifics in English! And, why not— let’s throw some LDS musicians, early bloomers and generational formality in the Mx!Find us on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/gettingdownandwordy/And email us at [email protected] thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”!This week’s promoted podcast is The Ugly Radio. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ugly-radio/id1515895095Find them, us, and lots of other great podcasts on our podcast network podmoth.network