Russell Pirkle & Hannah Weyer

Getting Down & Wordy

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Humorous Etymological Research Probing English Songs - A moderately researched, moderately funny chat show about popular music and language. We are a Podmoth Network podcast.

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Russell Pirkle & Hannah Weyer

Episodes

Kidz Bop & Minced Oaths 01.05.2022 58:52

We talk about Minced Oaths - dang, gosh, forked up, shitake mushrooms, etc., and also Kidz Bop, and also in Eurovision we discuss Finland's 2021 offering "Dark Side" by Blind Channel.

11. Tryna See Right Through - Bruno Mars Willow Contractions and Eye Idioms 03.11.2021 1:09:10

We did two songs today, Skate by Bruno Mars and Tranparent Soul by Willow. And we talk about tryna and other new contractions, see right through you and other eye based idioms, and The French Eurovision song Voila.

10. The Pursuit of "Happier Than Ever" by Billie Eilish 17.10.2021 1:32:12

The etymology of happiness including Jesus orgasms and hedonism. The Bulgarian language's inferrential verb tense. 

9. Feeling "Way 2 Sexy" by Drake Future and Young Thug 09.10.2021 1:44:20

We have fun with numbers, talking about to too and two, number puns in Chinese and Spanish, and British Bingo. Also Mata Hari by Efendi and the Azerbaijani language.

8. What's "good 4 u" by Olivia Rodrigo 29.09.2021 1:15:53

Today’s song is SoOoO oRiGiNaL. We discuss sarcasm, good 4 u by Olivia Rodrigo, the return of rock pop punk whatever same as the old rock pop punk whatever, positive and negative face, the big five of Eurovision, and Anglo-Saxon and French pairs of English words.

7. Minding the "WAP" by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion 22.09.2021 1:16:14

Two asexuals talk about WAP. We see wtf is up with acronyms, initialisms, backronyms, macronyms, orphaned acronyms, the USA PATRIOT act and jump on the making fun of Ben Shapiro bandwagon, with a true song of ribaldry and then say some stuff about Maneskin and pasta words.

6. Quibbling that "I am not a Woman I'm a God" by Halsey 15.09.2021 1:33:46

We talk about gender in language, epicenes, and argots plus "Loco Loco" by Hurricane.

5. Da "Levitating" by Dua Lipa and Dababy 02.09.2021 1:25:24

We talk about astronomy words, speech tempo, anime boyfriends, and useful Norwegian words with "Fallen Angel" by Tix.

4. Getting "Dad Vibes" by Limp Bizkit 24.08.2021 1:20:08

We talk about the comeback story of 'vibe', reduplication and 'la di da', the importance of Lithuanian and The Roop.

3. Spreading "Butter" by BTS 16.08.2021 1:26:59

We speculate about Korean's influence on English, the evolution of the concept of "summer", and English's Germanic roots with "I Don't Feel Hate" by Jendrik.

2. Rooting for "Industry Baby" by Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow 10.08.2021 1:02:51

We talk about the root of "root", accents, linguistic accomodation, "Je Me Casse", and "Industry Baby" on this our second-ish episode of Pop Etymology.

1. Unrequiting "Love Like Woe" by The Ready Set 05.08.2021 1:07:52

Today in our second first episode, we discuss words of the 2010s, eggcorns and solecisms, Dadi Freyr, and "Love Like Woe" by The Ready Set.