Lexitecture

In this episode, Amy is all on her lonesome, exploring " solo ". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each (normal) episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and talking about words, word origins, or just random bits of head-scratchin...

In this episode, Amy smells the heat with " breath " and Ryan heads to the outer extremity with " utter " (15:37). Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and talking about words, word origi...

In this episode, Amy nods and winks at " innuendo " and Ryan tries to wrestle destiny with " weird " (15:37). Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and talking about words, word origins, o...

In this episode, Amy goes limp and languid with " sleep " and Ryan fall to pieces with " crazy ". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and talking about words, word origins, or just rando...

In this episode, Amy's not here, so Ryan answers listener questions about " skookum ", "Bob's your uncle", " keen ", "inkle" and " widow(er) ". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and ta...

In this episode, Amy talks shit with " dirty " and Ryan comes to a conclusion with " period ". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and talking about words, word origins, or just random b...

In this episode, Amy explores the unknown with " quiz " and Ryan snakes his way through history with " volume ". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and talking about words, word origins...

In this episode, Amy gets topical with " plague " and Ryan pays his bills with " farm ". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and talking about words, word origins, or just random bits of...

In this episode, Amy puts things together and then keeps them like that with " inertia " and Ryan connects logos and fantasy with " device ". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and talk...

In this episode, Amy wonders about using rocks to dissolve bodies with " sarcophagus " and Ryan gets knocked around by Canadian winter with " blizzard ". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love think...

In this episode, Amy wonders about tightening up the soul through science with " method " and Ryan ponders the profane and pious with " swear ". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and t...

In this episode, Ryan is all alone, wondering about why nobody watches Saturday morning cartons with " cartoon ". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and talking about words, word origin...

In this episode, Amy talks about lots of eyes and lots of light with " argue " and Ryan trudges along with peons and pawns with " pioneer ". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and talki...

In this episode, Amy talks silliness with " goose " and Ryan trembles at the power of the powerful with " danger ". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and talking about words, word orig...

In this episode, Amy wonders about bird hoarders with " pie " and Ryan wonders about viper eggs with " poverty ". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and talking about words, word origin...

In this episode, Amy is all on her lonesome and takes the opportunity to delve into the story and words behind our name: "Lexitecture". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each (normal) episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and t...

In this super special episode, the one and only Helen Zaltzman (of The Allusionist and other wonderful podcasts) joins us to talk about collective nouns for animals (and hermits?), Amy stays untouched and whole with " integrity " and Ryan goes this way and that with " varmint ". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current fav...

In this episode, Amy goes old school with " majestical " and Ryan dries out a torrent with " toast ". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and talking about words, word origins, or just r...

In this episode, Amy discovers the best eponym of all time with " pancake " and Ryan goes quickly and not at all with " fast ". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and talking about word...

In this episode, Amy worries about many holes with " trepanning " and Ryan thinks about Tolkein and 18th century cookery books with " fancy ". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and tal...

In this episode, Amy is away and Ryan forgets the word "cognate" while looking into listener-suggested words like " rigorous ", " vociferous ", " phony " and " lake ". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each (normal) episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A...

In this episode, Amy polishes raptor beaks with " fake " and Ryan makes offers and commands with " bead ". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and talking about words, word origins, or j...

In this episode, Amy breaks things in pieces with " interrupt " and Ryan tends to the last embers with " curfew ". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and talking about words, word origi...

In this incredibly special, super exciting episode, wording class hero Susie Dent (of Countdown/8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown fame) chats in a gruntled, shevelled fashion about orphaned negatives, Amy wonders about velocity with " speed " and Ryan marvels at Canadian furniture marketing with " chesterfield ". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Am...

In this episode, Amy admires Catalonian legs with " ham " and Ryan wonders about the legitimacy of wizards with " bastard ". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and talking about words,...