cover of episode Etymology (WORD ORIGINS) with Helen Zaltzman of The Allusionist Podcast

Etymology (WORD ORIGINS) with Helen Zaltzman of The Allusionist Podcast

2019/3/5
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The brilliant and dazzling Helen Zaltzman, host of The Allusionist podcast and person who technically for a living researches the origins of language and thus is an etymologist, visits Alie's apartment to chat about various word origins, gender in language, the Bible a.k.a. The Oxford English Dictionary, origins of the filthiest slang, emoji decoding, mediocrity, step parents, babies wearing glasses, Greek kimonos, the romance of languages and the fundamental truth that language is always changing whether you want it to or not. Also tomatoes, pliable boobs, avocados, and fish trails.

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