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Get the Word! with Mike Butler
Become a Paid Subscriber: From the creator of The English Sessions comes Get the Word! An etymology podcast for word nerds. Join Mike as he picks apart words and phrases in English and lets...
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19 episodes
Nostalgia Is the Most Morrissey Impulse
This is a special episode. The word we'll be picking apart today is 'nostalgia'. But this isn't your typical Get the Word! episode. It's an...
Come Eat the Rich with Get the Word!
Hey everyone! Mike here about to tell everyone to go eat the rich. Now before you go on assuming that this podcast has totally just gone off...
Bon Voyage Mon Amour
Bonjour fellow word nerds. It’s Mike. I apologize already to any of my French listeners. Bonjour and Bon Voyage will be pretty much the only...
Fate or Destiny?
Greetings nerds. It’s Mike, host of Get the Word! Don’t worry, I’m a nerd too so… I mean it as a term of endearment. I’ve always been a nerd...
Homeopathic Not Home Remedy
Greetings friends. This is Get the Word! with Mike Butler. An etymology podcast for word nerds. I am your host, Mike Butler. Today we’re tal...
Gaslighting
Hi, everyone. It’s Mike. I’m going to talk today about the word gaslight. The term, as a verb, as an action, is no laughing matter, so I’m n...
Good Podcast, Gumshoe
It’s Mike. I was just gabbing recently about how I should probably start covering words and phrases that are trending right now in popular m...
Two Ships that Pass in the Night
Ahoy there all my nerdy friends. It’s Mike. Fancy spotting you here in the endless podcast sea. Today we’re talking about an idiom, or idiom...
Feelin' Groovy with Get the Word!
Hi everyone, it’s Mike. Today we’re talking about a word that most would argue is definitely past its peak popularity. Groovy. We’ll look at...
Have You Been ben the Ben of a But 'n' Ben?
Hello everyone. It’s Mike, your host of Get the Word! an etymology podcast for word nerds. I’m also an ESL teacher. I guide people through t...
Are You a Nuisance with Your Two Cents?
Welcome everyone to another episode of Get the Word! I am your host Mike Butler. In a recent episode I used the phrase My Two Cents in a jok...
Another Skaturday Night (and I Ain't Got No Trilby)
Welcome to another episode of Get the Word! everyone. This one’s for all you skins and rudies out there. It’s about the origin of the word ‘...
(Hopefully) Better than Lodging at the Twopenny Hangover
Hello everyone. It’s Mike, your host of Get the Word! It’s July 3rd and that means it’s a holiday weekend here in the United States, celebra...
Opening up the Fact Cabinet with a Rooster Bar
This week we’re looking at the word ‘crow’. We’ll start with the word crow and its different meanings, and then talk about a few terms, phra...
Is That Resting Bitch Face or Are You Just Unhappy to See Me?
-- STRONG LANGUAGE WARNING -- Hello everyone it’s Mike, your host of Get the Word! an etymology podcast for word nerds. This week I couldn’t...
That Time I Spray-painted Antidisestablishmentarianism on the Side of My Van
Welcome everyone. I’m your host and fellow word nerd, Mike Butler. This week’s episode features a word often included in lists of the longes...
A Perfectly Cromulent Podcast Launch
Welcome to the first episode of Get the Word! An etymology podcast for word nerds. We’ll talk about the history and origin of words in Engli...
Get the Word! Trailer
From the creator of The English Sessions comes Get the Word! An etymology podcast for word nerds. Join Mike as he picks apart words and phra...