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Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris
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Jess Zafarris and Rob Watts unravel the stories behind everyday words.
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107 - What do Pamela and Melissa have in common? | NAME ORIGINS
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- 107 - What do Pamela and Melissa have in common? | NAME ORIGINSWed, 04 Nov 2026
- 106 - What's so green about a 'green room'? | THEATRE WORDSWed, 28 Oct 2026
- 105 - You speak more Ancient Greek than you think | GREEK WORDS IN ENGLISHWed, 21 Oct 2026
- 104 - Denny's used to be called Danny's | BRAND NAME ORIGINSWed, 14 Oct 2026
- 103 - Who is Sydney named after? | CITY NAME ORIGINSWed, 07 Oct 2026
- 102 - How to read hieroglyphs | ANCIENT WRITINGWed, 30 Sep 2026
- 101 - What's the French for "raining cats and dogs"? | WORLD IDIOMSWed, 23 Sep 2026
- 100 - 100 quick-fire word facts | 100th EPISODEWed, 16 Sep 2026
- 99 - Which German terms are in the English zeitgeist? | GERMAN WORDSWed, 26 Aug 2026
- 98 - Why is English full of Latin? | LATIN WORDSWed, 19 Aug 2026
- 97 - Are sharks named after people? | OCEAN WORDSWed, 12 Aug 2026
- 96 - Does 'Abracadabra' mean anything? | MAGIC WORDSWed, 05 Aug 2026
- 95 - What's so great about 'seventh' heaven? | NUMBER IDIOMSWed, 29 Jul 2026
- 94 - Words the Vikings left behind | OLD NORSEWed, 22 Jul 2026
- 93 - Are you pronouncing 'caramel' wrong? | ACCENTS (ft. Valerie Fridland)Wed, 15 Jul 2026
- 92 - What does 'Mona Lisa' even mean? | ART WORDSWed, 08 Jul 2026
- 91 - False Friends: Dangerous words in other languagesWed, 24 Jun 2026
- 90 - How did The Beatles get their name? | ROCK 'N' ROLLWed, 03 Jun 2026
- 89 - Spanish words hiding in EnglishWed, 27 May 2026
- 88 - The origins of the alphabetWed, 20 May 2026
- 87 - Who should you hit with a 'slapstick'? | COMEDY WORDSWed, 13 May 2026
- 86 - The Arabic words hiding in EnglishWed, 06 May 2026
- 85 - What was so "complex" about Oedipus? | PSYCHOLOGY TERMSWed, 29 Apr 2026
- 84 - The literal meaning of 'tiramisu' | WORLD FOODSWed, 22 Apr 2026
- 83 - Why is a false clue a "red herring"? | IDIOM ORIGINSWed, 15 Apr 2026
- 82 - Why does Berlin mean 'swamp'? | CITY NAME ORIGINSWed, 08 Apr 2026
- 81 - Why do Brits eat their entrees first? ? UK v US ENGLISHTue, 31 Mar 2026
- 80 - Slurs and taboos with Professor John McWhorterWed, 11 Mar 2026
- 79 - What was Pepsi originally called? | BRAND NAME ORIGINSWed, 04 Mar 2026
- 78 - What does 'philosophy' even mean? | PHILOSOPHICAL WORDSWed, 25 Feb 2026
- 77 - Why so many terms for 'doing it'? | SEX & LOVEWed, 18 Feb 2026
- 76 - The words English forgot to invent | LEXICAL GAPSWed, 11 Feb 2026
- 75 - Could something 'escalate' before the escalator? INVENTIONSWed, 04 Feb 2026
- 74 - Does anyone know what 'London' means? | CITY NAME ORIGINSWed, 28 Jan 2026
- 73 - What does 'espionage' actually mean? | SECRETS & SPIESWed, 21 Jan 2026
- 72 - What did the first internet troll write? | TECH WORDSWed, 14 Jan 2026
- 71 - What is the 'Nocebo Effect'? | MEDICAL TERMS EXPLAINEDWed, 07 Jan 2026
- 70 - What does 'chupacabra' literally mean? | CRYPTIDS & MYTHICAL BEASTSWed, 17 Dec 2025
- 69 - Why do we say 'bury the hatchet'? | SAYINGS EXPLAINEDWed, 10 Dec 2025
- 68 - Vulgar language and criminal slangWed, 03 Dec 2025
- 67 - Is English a Germanic language?Wed, 26 Nov 2025
- 66 - Getting quizzed on the quirks of English (with Joshua Blackburn)Wed, 19 Nov 2025
- 65 - Which was the original 'football'? | SPORTS WORDSWed, 12 Nov 2025
- 64 - What does your name mean? | FIRST NAMES EXPLAINEDWed, 05 Nov 2025
- 63 - Are pets called 'pets' because we pet them? | PET WORDSWed, 29 Oct 2025
- 62 - Can a hill be taller than a mountain? | GEOGRAPHY WORDSWed, 22 Oct 2025
- 61 - 100 Word Facts... and Rob & Jess meet!Wed, 15 Oct 2025
- 60 - Who was the first to 'spill the beans'? | IDIOM ORIGINSWed, 17 Sep 2025
- 59 - Why are we saying 'Caesar' wrong? | TITLES & POWERWed, 10 Sep 2025
- 58 - What does 'stegosaurus' literally mean? | DINOSAUR NAMESWed, 03 Sep 2025
- 57 - Why is England called 'England'? | COUNTRY NAME ORIGINSWed, 27 Aug 2025
- 56 - Why do news anchors talk like that? | JOURNALESEWed, 20 Aug 2025
- 55 - How could one man write a dictionary? | SAMUEL JOHNSONWed, 13 Aug 2025
- 54 - Why do pilots sit in a 'cockpit'? | AVIATION WORDSWed, 06 Aug 2025
- 53 - How did currencies get their names? | MONEY WORDSWed, 30 Jul 2025
- 52 - Does English use the wrong word for clouds? | WEATHER WORDSWed, 23 Jul 2025
- 51 - Exposing grammar myths and mistakes with Grammar GirlWed, 16 Jul 2025
- 50 - Why is English full of French words?Wed, 25 Jun 2025
- 49 - Precisely how long is a 'moment'? | TIME WORDSWed, 18 Jun 2025
- 48 - What was the original "blockbuster"? | MOVIE WORDSWed, 11 Jun 2025
- 47 - How can you tell a bug from a beetle? | ENTOMOLOGY ETYMOLOGYWed, 04 Jun 2025
- 46 - Why is the Pope "the daddy"? | HOLY WORDSWed, 28 May 2025
- 45 - Why do Brits think 'pants' are underwear? | CLOTHING WORDSWed, 21 May 2025
- 44 - Why is there an N in "passenger"? | TRANSPORTATIONWed, 14 May 2025
- 43 - Why were hatters mad? | IDIOM ORIGINSWed, 07 May 2025
- 42 - Is it a restroom or a loo? | UK v. US EnglishWed, 30 Apr 2025
- 41 - Did Shakespeare write all his plays? | THE BARDWed, 23 Apr 2025
- 40 - How do you pronounce lieutenant? | MILITARY WORDSWed, 02 Apr 2025
- 39 - Why do we mind our Ps and Qs? | PRINTING TERMSWed, 26 Mar 2025
- 38 - Where the f*** do swear words come from?Wed, 19 Mar 2025
- 37 - Which flower makes you wet the bed? | FLOWER NAME ORIGINSWed, 12 Mar 2025
- 36 - Is this a rhetorical question? | RHETORIC & LITERARY DEVICESWed, 05 Mar 2025
- 35 - How did our naughty bits get their names? | BODY ETYMOLOGYWed, 26 Feb 2025
- 34 - What's the difference between a violin and a fiddle? | MUSIC WORDSWed, 19 Feb 2025
- 33 - Who invented zero? | MATH & NUMBERSWed, 12 Feb 2025
- 32 - Who was the original "goodfella"? | CRIME WORDSWed, 05 Feb 2025
- 31 - Who was the first to "paint the town red"? | IDIOM ORIGINSWed, 29 Jan 2025
- 30 - Is he Santa Claus or Father Christmas? | FESTIVE ETYMOLOGYWed, 18 Dec 2024
- 29 - What did a "sin-eater" do? | JOB ETYMOLOGYWed, 11 Dec 2024
- 28 - Is it a 'full stop' or a 'period'? | PUNCTUATIONWed, 04 Dec 2024
- 27 - Is corporate jargon a synergistic value-add? | JARGONWed, 27 Nov 2024
- 26 - Who is the Jack in a deck of cards? | GAME WORDSWed, 20 Nov 2024
- 25 - Which cocktail's name means "moist little thing"? | BOOZY WORDSWed, 13 Nov 2024
- 24 - How can "tree" and "truth" be related? | WOODLAND WORDSWed, 06 Nov 2024
- 23 - What's the true meaning of 'happiness'? | EMOTION ETYMOLOGYWed, 30 Oct 2024
- 22 - What's the 'were' in werewolf? | SPOOKY ETYMOLOGYWed, 23 Oct 2024
- 21 - Why does oxygen have the wrong name? | ELEMENTSWed, 18 Sep 2024
- 20 - What does antidisestablishmentarianism mean? | LONG WORDSWed, 11 Sep 2024
- 19 - Why are you such a nincompoop? | INSULTSWed, 04 Sep 2024
- 18 - Do geese see god? | PALINDROMESWed, 28 Aug 2024
- 17 - Why is the word "dog" such a mystery? | ANIMAL WORDSWed, 21 Aug 2024
- 16 - What mystery did the original "clue" solve? | MYTHOLOGY WORDSWed, 14 Aug 2024
- 15 - Can a word be its own opposite? | CONTRONYMSWed, 07 Aug 2024
- 14 - Do "vegetables" technically exist? | FOOD WORDSWed, 31 Jul 2024
- 13 - What exactly is a "petard" anyway? | FOSSIL WORDSWed, 24 Jul 2024
- 12 - Have you ever had the mulligrubs? | LOST WORDSWed, 17 Jul 2024
- 11 - How did the planets get their names? | SPACE WORDSWed, 12 Jun 2024
- 10 - Did the Greeks have a word for blue? COLOR WORDSWed, 05 Jun 2024
- 9 - American vs. British English: A transatlantic war of wordsWed, 29 May 2024
- 8 - Was an orange ever a "norange"? | WORD MASH-UPSWed, 22 May 2024
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