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Big Words for Smart People

Eric and Frankie
Tyro
Lachrymose
Sprezatura
Encoding
Lamination
Parenting
Cedilla
Video Games
Lugubrious
Fashion
Language Learning
Idiosyncrasy
Dad Fashion
Tattoos
Pulchritudinous
Public Transit
Pokémon
Twilight
German Language
Croissants

Eric and Frankie are not linguists.

What Eric and Frankie lack in bona fides (boring fides, more like it) they make up for in sibling jocularity, rampaging tangents, and lighthearted ribbing. They already know you're a smart person, you don't need to be told that.

Instead, join them every Wednesday to learn a new, cool, big word to enrich your new, cool, big brain and listen in on a casual conve... more

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Prepare for trouble! And make it double! The word of the week is:

Fractious - adjective

1: tending to be troublesome : unruly

2: quarrelsome, irritable

In this episode:

• 4 hours to do 2 minutes of work

• Special pokémon calls

• The Collective... more

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It's our first listener-suggested word! We're sorry...

I don't know how to do spoiler text, so you'll just have to listen to figure out the word.

The word of the week was suggested by Nico from our Discord. Thank you, Nico!

In this episode:

• Bla... more

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Y'all remember that "game" Frankie did for episode 27: Mercurial? Buckle up, folks

Capricious - adjective

1: governed or characterized by sudden irrational and unpredictable impulses or whims : impulsive

broadly : unpredictable, erratic

2 (law ):... more

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Au-to-ma-ticity, the word of the week is:

Automaticity - noun (definitions from adjective form, automatic)

1a: largely or wholly involuntary

b: acting or done spontaneously or unconsciously

c: done or produced as if by machine : mechanical

In th... more

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Take your medicine, the word for the week is

Mithridatism - noun

: tolerance to a poison acquired by taking gradually increased doses of it

In this episode:

• BC - Before Chester

• "I don't care for Mithridatis VI..."

• Pliny the Elder wrote th... more

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Turn to page 69 school planners and jot this down, the word of the week is:

Lenticular - adjective

1: having the shape of a double-convex lens

2: of or relating to a lens

3: provided with or utilizing lenticules

In this episode

• Get that good v... more

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Kaboom! The word for the week is:

Smithereens - plural noun

: small broken pieces : fragments, bits

In this episode:

hot.dog

• I got blown to away

• Choose your own mindsweeper

• Chipocalypse

• Thanks, ball lightning!

Like what we do?

• J... more

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Two Swordz joins us today with a new, two-part word!

Objet d'Art - noun

1: an article of some artistic value

2: curio

In this episode:

• Piss hell (we promise this whole episode won’t be about pee)

• Banksy shredding

• The story of “Once Upon ... more

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Eric
Co-host contributing to discussions with anecdotes and humor, exploring language with his sibling in a lighthearted manner.
Frankie Wolfman
Co-host known for humor and sharing personal insights, engaging in lively discussions about language and culture.

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15: Sprezzatura
Q: Do you think effort can be cool or hot or whatever?
Genuine effort for yourself and others is attractive, but effort only for others loses its appeal.
8: Tyro
Q: What is something that you're proud of being bad at?
Eric takes pride in being bad at social media and mentions that hobbies become a pressure when you start to excel at them.
8: Tyro
Q: What is something you enjoy that you are also a Tyro at?
Frankie mentions enjoying singing despite not being a great singer, and Eric discusses his experience with puzzle games.
8: Tyro
Q: What do you suck at?
Eric admits he sucks at social media and math, having struggled with those subjects throughout his academic career.
2: Lamination
Q: What do you want to laminate?
Eric wants to laminate his son's artwork to preserve its authenticity, while Frankie suggests a spreadsheet for cooking salt measurements.

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