Word Jazz

Sam and Taylor sit down to discuss the origins of traffic jam, jam sessions, Pajamas and other random jam-isms. Also learn what onamonapias are!

References:
http://www.word-detective.com/2011/09/jam/
http://fashion-history.lovetoknow.com/clothing-types-styles/origins-pajamas

What are the 11 parts to the Pirate code? Taylor and Sam also discuss whether "shiver me timbers", "scallywag" and "walk the plank" were actually used by pirates.

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References:
http://www.historyextra.com/qa/pirate-history-origin-meaning-shiver-me%20timbers-why-say
http://www.word-detective.com/2010/03/scallywag/
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/walk-the-plank.html
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/08/pirates-rarely-made-people-walk-the-plank/
https://ore.exeter.ac.uk/repository/bitstream/handle/10871/14872/FoxE.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

This week we get into some friendly insults with not very friendly origins. Featured word this show are Smart Alec, Nimrod and Dunce!

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References:
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2017/01/origin-word-dunce/
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/13/messages/1497.html
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nimrod
https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=nimrod&qs_version=GNV

Did you know Leonardo da Vinci was very likely a grave robber? This week we discuss the "funny bone", "bone To pick", and "skeletons in the closet".

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References:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/skeleton-in-the-closet.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_snatching
http://www.word-detective.com/2012/01/funny-bone
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/30/messages/2181.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/etymology/comments/3cg1b9/origin_of_the_phrase_bone_to_pick/

Did you know the canary bird is named from the Island of the Dogs? Sam & Taylor also discover of the myth of where a crow's nest is originated and find kinder alternatives to killing two birds with one stone.

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References:
Allen's Dictionary of English Phrases
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-ast1.htm
https://www.qlanguage.com.hk/kill-two-birds-with-one-stone/

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The Word Jazz crew talks our first color-related episode. Included in this episode is "caught red handed", "green with envy", and the Blues!

References:
http://mentalfloss.com/article/33503/where-did-phrase-caught-red-handed-come
"Who Put the Butter in Butterfly" by David Feldman
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/debra-devi/blues-music-history_b_2399330.html

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Etymology gets racist this episode. It's all about cake-related phrases: "Cakewalk", "Piece of Cake" and "You Can't Have Your Cake and Eat it Too". Plus the Unabomber!

Sources:
http://www.stuffyoushouldknow.com/blogs/cake-walk-the-strange-origin-of-an-unwittingly-prejudiced-term.htm
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/piece-of-cake.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/magazine/20FOB-onlanguage-t.html

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Part 2 of 2. Things get even more gruesome as we talk about cat corpse related phrases such as "skinning a dead cat." Other phrases include raining cats and dogs, and curiosity killed the cat!

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References:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/curiosity-killed-the-cat.html
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-mor1.htm
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-rai1.htm
http://www.encyclopedia.com/philosophy-and-religion/ancient-religions/ancient-religion/odin

Part 1 of 2! Taylor and Sam talk about eating tongues and get confused by directions.

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References:
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=catcall
http://www.innovateus.net/innopedia/what-origin-cat-call
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/04/origins-kitty-corner-catawampus-cat-words/
https://www.petcentric.com/03-04-2014/cat-got-your-tongue-where-in-the-world-did-this-phrase-come-from/

Short form podcast about weird word origins! This episode we discuss bee related things, absurd expressions of the 1920's and Harry Potter.

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Sources:
https://www.livescience.com/39316-birds-and-the-bees.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_birds_and_the_bees

Short form podcast about weird word origins! This episode we discuss the expressions, "salad days," "in a pickle," and "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade."

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References:
http://www.snopes.com/language/phrase...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_li...
http://www.bonappetit.com/entertainin...