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An almost daily podcast for logophiles (lovers of words), podictionary covers a new word for a minute or two in each episode, discussing etymology (word history) and related trivia.

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talent – podictionary 1064

you’ve got to use the talents you’ve been given in this life...

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[ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:01:46 +0000 ]

orient – podictionary 112

The words orient, orienteering and disoriented don’t appear related oriental rug...

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[ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:01:00 +0000 ]

Nike – podictionary 1062

The shoe company Nike takes its name from a Greek goddess...

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[ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:01:38 +0000 ]

commute – podictionary 111

A special rail ticket was called a commutation ticket...

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[ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:01:00 +0000 ]

deed – podictionary 1061

the definition of deed is “that which is done.”...

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[ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:01:23 +0000 ]

trance – podictionary 1060

a trance was the state of being between life and death...

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[ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:01:28 +0000 ]

pant – podictionary 109

reason our ancient forbearers were panting, is because they woke up in the night from a fantastic nightmare...

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[ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:01:00 +0000 ]

nova – podictionary 1058

at the time it was such a shocking idea to think that there might even be a new star in the sky that it got all the scientists talking...

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[ Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:01:49 +0000 ]

baby – podictionary 108

baban evolved as a word from the sounds that babies make before they learn to talk...

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[ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:01:00 +0000 ]

abacus – podictionary 1057

the Latin word grew from a Greek word abak or abax that meant “slab”...

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[ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:22:52 +0000 ]

paint – podictionary 1056

the Indo-European root meant “to cut.” ...

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[ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:01:09 +0000 ]

horsdoeuvre – podictionary 107

in 1596, hors d’oeuvre was an architectural term and indicated a piece of masonry that jutted out from the rest building...

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[ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:01:00 +0000 ]

pawn – podictionary 1054

when the Norman Conquerors arrived in England with their French a paun meant “a walker”...

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[ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:01:24 +0000 ]

magazine – podictionary 106

an Arabic word kazana meaning to “store up” whose sister word makazan, meaning “storehouse”...

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[ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:01:00 +0000 ]

pheasant – podictionary 1053

the Greeks called this bird phasianos thinking they came from near the River Phasis which flows into the black sea....

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[ Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:01:29 +0000 ]

lampoon – podictionary 1052

from a French word meaning “let us drink”?...

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[ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:01:26 +0000 ]

bargain – podictionary 105

One unconvincing theory is that the back and forth nature of bargaining is related to the fact that a boat carries goods to and fro....

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[ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:01:00 +0000 ]

placenta – podictionary 1050

It’s the flatness of the thing that gives it the nam...

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[ Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:01:16 +0000 ]

trapeze – podictionary 1049

"Trapeza" meaning "table" was once "tetra peza" meaning “four feet.”...

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[ Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:01:21 +0000 ]

yacht and special behind the scenes – podictionary 1048

if you like what you’re reading I would hope you’d like to listen to it even more...

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[ Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:01:51 +0000 ]

leotard – podictionary 1047

Jules Leotard was a French circus performer...

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[ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:01:23 +0000 ]

curfew – podictionary 103

Couvre is easily recognizable as “cover” and feu is the French word for “fire.” ...

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[ Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:01:00 +0000 ]

aluminum – podictionary 1045

the guy who came up with the stuff called it alumium at first...

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[ Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:01:24 +0000 ]

tragus – podictionary 1044

Tragus in Greek meant “billy-goat”...

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[ Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:01:00 +0000 ]

carpenter – podictionary 1043

Latin root of "carpenter" a craftsman who made chariots, "carpentum" was a two wheeled vehicle...

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[ Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:01:42 +0000 ]

surname – podictionary 1042

In the early 1200s surnames hadn’t caught on widely, by the end of the 1400s almost everybody had ‘em. ...

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[ Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:01:55 +0000 ]

SPECIAL podictionary episode 1041- interview with Philip Durkin

interview with Philip Durkin, the Principal Etymologist for The Oxford English Dictionary...

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[ Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:01:44 +0000 ]

blanket – podictionary 1040

French word for “white” is "blanc" and a blanket is so called because it was made from white fluff...

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[ Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:01:40 +0000 ]

class – podictionary 1017b

The Latin "classis" came from the same root as their word used to mean a soldier was being “called up”...

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[ Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:01:13 +0000 ]

ordeal – podictionary 102

"ordeal" was part of Old English as "ordal" and "ordel"...

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[ Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:01:00 +0000 ]

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