Month: May 2017

Talkin’ SH!T!!

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Martisse, April, and Jay talk shit about the Bill Cosby trial (and other celeb sexual harassers), Playboy model Dani Mathers’ conviction and body shaming; the return of Will & Grace and ROSEANNE!! Also, zombies, Trump (thanks for listening CIA, NSA, and Secret Service), and my Toxic Shock Syndrome scare!!!

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Ep 80: Ill Defined History: The F Word

Posted onAuthorJust A Story: Urban Legend Podcast

It seems like the history of definitions and dictionaries might be a bone dry topic. However, things are seldom what they seem. Things are complex, and complicated, and dark and ill-defined. Until they are not. This is the story of how words come to ha… Read More …

Ep 80: Ill Defined History: The F Word

Posted onAuthorJust A Story: Urban Legend Podcast

It seems like the history of definitions and dictionaries might be a bone dry topic. However, things are seldom what they seem. Things are complex, and complicated, and dark and ill-defined. Until they are not. This is the story of how words come to have definitions; and the battles, and madness, and passions that have shaped the language and the meanings we agree upon today. We’ll kick this week off by exploring the fascinating false etymology of everyone’s favorite foul word. Then learn about the American language, and the way in which its chief lexicographer hoped to shape the national identity. Finally we will explore the relationship between a criminally insane American Civil War doctor and the finest dictionary ever compiled. 

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