podictionary - the podcast for word lovers

podictionary - the podcast for word lovers


Latest Episodes

hue – podictionary 1034
October 05, 2009

There are several words hue but Irsquo;m going to pick on two. SPONSOR: GotoMeeting Hold your meetings online for just $49/mo. Try GoToMeeting FREE for 30 days. The most common is when referring to various shades of color when they are referred to as di

glue – podictionary 1033
October 02, 2009

Today glue is something that comes in tubes or bottles or something you lick to seal an envelope. SPONSOR: GotoMeeting Hold your meetings online for just $49/mo. Try GoToMeeting FREE for 30 days. Kids have lots of experience with glue but once wersquo;v

macaroni – podictionary 100
October 01, 2009

One online source claims there are 350 types of pasta and twice as many names for them. SPONSOR: GotoMeeting Hold your meetings online for just $49/mo. Try GoToMeeting FREE for 30 days. Unlike some types of pastamdash;for example vermicelli, linguini or

pompous – podictionary 1031
September 30, 2009

I know itrsquo;s creepy, but sometimes I sit alone laughing to myself. SPONSOR: Try GotoMeeting free for 30 days! For this special offer, visitnbsp; www.gotomeeting.com/podcast I did so just now when I came across the following Urbandictionary definition

cuckoo – podictionary 1030
September 29, 2009

We in North America are most familiar with cuckoo birds in the form of those little mechanical birds that jump out of German clocks coincidentally named cuckoo clocks. SPONSOR: Try GotoMeeting free for 30 days! For this special offer, visitnbsp; www.gotom

elbow – podictionary 1029
September 28, 2009

Few people ever wonder why their elbows are called elbows, but there is a reason. SPONSOR: Try GotoMeeting free for 30 days! For this special offer, visitnbsp; www.gotomeeting.com/podcast The word breaks into two parts el and bow. Inside your forearm ar

columbine – podictionary 1028
September 25, 2009

Herersquo;s a word that gives us a lot to think about and I see most of those topics laid out on the new media dictionary site wordnik. SPONSOR: Try GotoMeeting free for 30 days! For this special offer, visitnbsp; www.gotomeeting.com/podcast Theyrsquo;re

tweed – podictionary 99
September 24, 2009

According to the American Heritage Dictionary as well as the OED the name for the fabric we call tweed seems to have been one of those great words that came about by accident. SPONSOR: Try GotoMeeting free for 30 days! For this special offer, visitnbsp; w

Excalibur – podictionary 1027
September 23, 2009

In the legend of King Arthur the sword that he pulls from the stone is named Excalibur. Or did he get the sword from The Lady of the Lake? SPONSOR: Try GotoMeeting free for 30 days! For this special offer, visitnbsp; www.gotomeeting.com/podcast Such is

ostracize – podictionary 98
September 22, 2009

Ostracize is not, as urbandictionary.com says ldquo;An exercise program for ostriches.rdquo; SPONSOR: Try GotoMeeting free for 30 days! For this special offer, visitnbsp; www.gotomeeting.com/podcast Ostracize is in fact a word that ultimately traces back