Piggyback: Animal Words with No Animal Origins

"Piggyback" has nothing to do with pigs! In fact, there are many seemingly animal-related words and phrases in the English language that have nothing to do with animals at all! In today’s episode, I offer up the backstory to words such as piggyback, monkey wrench, round robin, and spelling bee. Thanks to listener supporters who receive transcripts of every episode. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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Piggyback: Animal Words with No Animal Origins is an episode from Animalogy \ The Animals in Our Everyday Words & Phrases by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau.

This episode is 32:12 long.

This episode was published on May 28, 2017.

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