Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris

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Why do we say "as mad as a hatter"? | IDIOM ORIGINS
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Is it a restroom or a loo?
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Did Shakespeare write all his plays?
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How do you pronounce lieutenant? | MILITARY WORDS
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Why do we mind our Ps and Qs? | PRINTING TERMS
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Where do swear words come from?
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Which flower makes you wet the bed? | FLOWER NAME ORIGINS
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Is this a rhetorical question? | RHETORIC & LITERARY DEVICES
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How did our naughty bits get their names? | BODY ETYMOLOGY
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What's the difference between a violin and a fiddle? | MUSIC WORDS
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Who invented zero? | MATH & NUMBERS
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Who was the original "goodfella"? | CRIME WORDS
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Who was the first to "paint the town red"? | IDIOM ORIGINS
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Is he Santa Claus or Father Christmas? | FESTIVE WORD ORIGINS
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What did a "sin-eater" do? | JOB ETYMOLOGY
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Is it a 'full stop' or a 'period'? | PUNCTUATION
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Is corporate jargon "a value add"? | JARGON ETYMOLOGY
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Who is the Jack in a deck of cards? | GAME WORDS
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Which cocktail means "moist little thing"? | BOOZY WORDS
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How can "tree" and "truth" be related? | WOODLAND WORDS
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How are people using "mortified" wrongly? | EMOTION ETYMOLOGY
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What's the 'were' in werewolf? | SPOOKY ETYMOLOGY
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Why does oxygen have the wrong name? | ELEMENTS
Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris
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What is antidisestablishmentarianism? | THE LONGEST WORDS
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Why are you a nincompoop? | INSULTS
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Do geese see god? | PALINDROMES
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Why is the word "dog" such a mystery? | ANIMAL WORDS
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What mystery did the original "clue" solve? | MYTHOLOGY WORDS
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Can a word be its own opposite? | CONTRONYMS
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Do "vegetables" technically exist? | FOOD WORDS
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