Travis Scott "Sicko Mode" & Slop

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

Mm, smell that? We’re cooking up a storm in the etymology kitchen, and PIE (Proto-Indo European!) is on the menu! We’re also serving a Hiram roast and piping hot internet takes, so come hungry and bring a Tupperware— we made a LOT!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

Glad everyone’s finally stopped talking about KPop Demon Hunters? TOO BAD! Because we loved it and we wanna talk about fandom culture, Hallyu and keeping your mystery father out of your dating pool! Then, we’re gonna bring our journey full circle: the podcast formally known as Pop Etymology will do the etymology of pop. And you just won’t BELIEVE how dumb American names for soda can get!-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 Podcast. 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

Well, it is Valentine’s Day and it’s time to get all our gooner etymology out of the way at the same time. Let’s all be grownups about this, because we also have to squeeze in roasting Celine Dion’s Boss-Husband, taking a trip to the moon and figuring out which TV ladies are the goonerest coded! Is this a topic two asexual nerds are qualified to speak to? Who can say? But did we irreparably damage our algorithms doing research for the episode? Yes. You’re welcome. 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

Shalom, and welcome to our American Jewish English episode! We’ve got your AI bat mitzvah playlists! We’ve got your diasporic language evolution! We’ve got the absolutely final word on the origins of “break a leg!”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 Crime & Spirits. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://linktr.ee/crimeandspiritspodcastFind them, us, and lots of other great podcasts on our podcast network podmoth.network

Chat, is this real? A whole episode on the word “chat” by your favorite smatterers? And along the way, we’ll yadda yadda about blahblah, and give a little shout out to all the bug enthusiasts that accidentally clicked on an etymology podcast- we see you, and half of us agree that bugs are cool!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/44Z9VDxjEVGpbPBkYzQorh?si=0556a1a9b65048bd&nd=1&dlsi=c99081aba691415fFind them, us, and lots of other great podcasts on our podcast network podmoth.network

Yes, sir, we’re back again with another annual celebration of centennial music! This year, we’re talking about 1925’s smash hit, Yes, Sir, That’s My Baby, by Gus Kahn and Walter Donaldson, as well as the honorifics “sir” and “ma’am.” Along the way, we’ll discuss the world of 1925, the social dynamics of English language honorifics and the most polite ways to call people old across the world! You’re SIR to learn something new!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 Moonlight. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/haunted-moonlight/id1703911242Find them, us, and lots of other great podcasts on our podcast network podmoth.network

So long! Farewell! Bye bye! Okay, now come back- today, we’re discussing the art of the goodbye, the inventor of the Jell-O shot and the lost art of satire! Later, we’ll have a funeral for words based on obsolete technologies- so we’d better not catch you rewinding anymore!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