Word Mall
21 episodes
Names that suit their profession
May 15, 20269 min
Small Change -- idioms involving coins
May 15, 20264 min
EPIPHANY and its opposite, EPICALYPTRY
May 8, 20263 min
Language Myths 8: The Whole Nine Yards
May 5, 202611 min
LANGUAGE MYTHS 7: Son of a Gun, Spud, Throw the Baby out with the Bathwater, Tip, Turn the Tables, Wallop
May 1, 20266 min
Language Myths # 6: Saved by the bell, Shit, Sincere, Skins, Sleep tight, Snob
May 1, 20266 min
Language Myths 5: Not Enough Room to Swing a Dead Cat, Not Playing with a Full Deck, Not Worth a Tinker's Damn, Posh, Rule of Thumb
Apr 29, 20268 min
Language Myths #4: Keep your nose to the grindstone, Let the cat out of the bag, Losing face, Mind your own beeswax, News
Apr 28, 20264 min
Language Myths #3 -- The Devil to Pay, Frog in One's Throat, Golf, Gossip, Hunky Dory
Apr 27, 20264 min
Language Myths #2: Cold Enough to Freeze the Balls off a Brass Monkey, Giving the Cold Shoulder, Cop, Costing an Arm and a Leg, Crack a Smile
Apr 26, 20265 min
Language Myths #1: Above Board, amazon, Bigwig, Chairman, Chew the Fat
Apr 26, 20265 min
DOUBT and REDOUBT
Apr 25, 20262 min
Words to the Wise final episode April 7, 2026
Apr 21, 20261h 0m
Words to the Wise radio show--Pun show 2026
Apr 21, 20261h 0m
ACRONYMS and INITIALISMS: the long and the short of it
Apr 9, 20263 min
S1 Ep 6Silent Letters: I see you, but I can't hear you
For historical reasons, many words contain letters that are no longer pronounced. They are as useful as a cat with three tails, but we are stuck with them.
Apr 3, 20264 min
S1 Ep 5PORT and STARBOARD
Sailors don't use the words right and left for a good reason.
Apr 1, 20262 min
Hidden Farts: Silent But Deadly
While the word fart is a word all by itself, it hides in other words.
Mar 30, 20263 min
S1 Ep 3Word Parts
Word parts, letter combinations that always stay the same, can greatly improve your vocabulary.
Mar 30, 20267 min
S1 Ep 2Context: Pay Attention to Your Surroundings
The words and ideas that surround an unknown word can help you figure out what that word means. But you have to know how to find the clues.
Mar 30, 202614 min
Promotion
Word Mall episode 1
Feb 27, 20260 min