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If you think a Troll is an ogre from northern European mythology, a beast under the bridge, you'd be missing half the story. It's about so much more. It's also about big boulders that litter the Scandinavian countryside, Chrissy Teigen, eBay, R
War, pandemics, politics, soap, cigarettes – it’s all propaganda. Whether it’s coming from the left or the right, your party or the opposition, coke or pepsi, propaganda rules our lives.The father of public relations, Edward Bernays, tells us
To investigate the word "Hoax", we need to talk about magicians and the Catholic liturgy.This episode is about a fake word, in a way. A made up word. But what is true, is that people have been hoaxing the public for centuries. Whether is the s
How did such a nice word that we use to mean sweet and polite, also come to be an insult for some? Well, today's word, nice, started out as a pretty mean word, actually.Depending on your circle of influence, you might want someone to call you
Many years ago, I found a series of videos on YouTube of people making miniature food. Actual food like a burger, the size of a coin, sushi no bigger than a pebble. To make this food, faceless people use working miniature kitchens and utensils
When you think of hysteria, what comes to mind? Melancholia, anxiety, frigidity. It’s a problem that can be solved, says Doctor Dalrymple from the Netflix feel good movie, Hysteria.Until 1952, female hysteria was a valid diagnosis for women ex
ResolutionsEach and every year I buy a diary and I make a resolution to use it ALL YEAR. This is my year. I say that every year.And each and every year, I will stop using it, I will even stop thinking about it, before February is though.Beca
It’s almost Christmas so there’s no better time of the year to have a look at the words we use once a year with abandon.From Eggnog to Kris Kringle, Santa's Elves to Decking the Halls with Holly, where did these words, and their traditions com
From Taxi Driver to Psycho, Ted Bundy to the kid down the road, the Peeping Tom is both a real life predatory character and box office gold.But who was the first Peeping Tom? And who did Tom peep on?In this episode we travel through time, mov
Do you know where the word “left” comes from? Well, in Latin, it’s Sinister, in all of its evil definitions. So let’s break it down. How did sinister come to mean left and why is the left sinister? Why does my mum think that left handers are
Just in case you’re wondering, I have a real weak spot for curiosities and curious people – you know, people who behave irrationally, rule breakers and general riff raff. I’m quite fond of these people. Well…When I say “fond”, I don’t mean the
We’ve heard the word, Catfishing, and doesn’t it feel like it’s been part of the zeitgeist forever? But Catfishing, as it’s used in popular culture, is a relatively new term, from 2010, actually.And it was coined by a documentarian.In this ep
What is up with the word Tomboy? Is it even politically correct to say it anymore? Without turning this into a gender studies episode, we’re going to learn where the word comes from, how it came to mean what it did, if it even does mean the sam
Since the 2016 election that gave Donald Trump a platform, not to mention the presidency, the word has been everywhere. But what does it mean? Where does gaslight come from?We hear a lot about ghosting. You know, it’s when someone ends a relat
When you think of quarantine, what comes to mind? Leper colonies of the past? Two weeks to flatten the curve?A hundred years ago, when leprosy was considered a public health risk, people were quarantined off for life. There was no cure for lep
It's the most hashtagged flavour of icecream, the second most expensive spices in the word, and it's much maligned. How did vanilla go from being a rare orchid that, to this day, is hand-pollinated, to meaning boring? And what does it have to d
Hi word nerds and history geeks, you’re tuned into Say What.I’m Jo Vraca and each episode, I’m going to rub shoulders with the glitterati of language where we’ll learn that some of the more colourful, and even, dare I say it, humdrum words tha
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