Emily and Kyle talk to Joshua Blackburn, founder of Two Brothers Games and creator of the quiz game about words and language League of the Lexicon.

Get ready for an episode that really rocks! And it’s ’cause we’re talkin’ about rocks! This week, Emily and Kyle explore the meaning and origin of the word menhi

Kyle and Emily are joined this week by musician and host of the podcast Coffee Clutch with Ron and Jill, Ronnie Gross Jr., as Kyle shares the cinematic origins of the word greeble.

This Halloween, Kyle and Emily discover that following a mishap in the lab, Seth has raised ghost words back from the dead using that most lugubrious ledger, the Lexiconicon!

Cthulhu fans rejoice, because this week Emily and Kyle discuss the meaning and origin of chthonic, a word that likely inspired the name of Lovecraft’s most beloved beast.

This episode sees Kyle and Emily discuss the meaning and origin of humdudgeon. And believe us--this word is nothing to gripe about!

This word is everything. And it’s also just ken. This week, Emily and Kyle discover that ken is a lot more than just a doll in Barbie land.

Kyle’s in a giving spirit this week, and shows his charitable nature by telling Emily all about the word eleemosynary.

Emily and Kyle talk unearth ancient treasure and sift through linguistic bric-a-brac as they discuss the word mathom.

This week, Kyle takes Emily on a circular journey around the word deasil. (And, no, he didn’t just misspell the word diesel.)

Emily and Kyle go on a quest through a rich etymology and a myriad of meanings, and battle the linguistic dragon that is the word swinge.

Taxonomy fans rejoice! Kyle and Emily are talking about animal adjectives--in particular, a word that is both dear and deer, elaphine.

Get ready for a side-splitting episode, cause this week Emily and Kyle are exploring the laughter-filled etymology of abderian.

Kyle and Emily examine the rich tapestry of language, fashion, and politics that is the word foulard, and unravel the threads connecting stamped silk to nifty neckerchiefs to religious raiments.

This week, the Butter No Parsnips gang reflects on a year of words. With poetry, leisurely strolls down memory lane, and special cameos by voices from their past, Emily, Kyle, and Seth celebrate what one year of an etymology podcast can do to a trio of friends.

This week, Emily and Kyle look at a real doozy of a word, zemblanity, and its equally delightful companion word, serendipity.

Kyle and Emily dive into the world of public performance and many other professions to explore mogiphonia, as well as its sister words mogigraphia and mogilalia.

We hope you brought your BEC, cause this week Emily and Kyle are talking about their deeply-ingrained Long Island roots. …Oh, and they’re also talking about the meaning of shibboleth!

This week Kyle and Emily pack up some snacks, get some showtunes going, and take a road trip through the meaning and history of the caravanserai.

Come along with Emily and Kyle as they discuss the incunable (not an adjective!) and the beginning of books as we know them.