Monday’s podictionary word was pheasant
Tuesday’s word history was for magazine
Wednesday’s word origin was for pawn
Thursday’s etymology, was for hors d’oeuvre and
Friday’s word root was for the word paint

Transcripts of all of the above episodes are available by following the links.

This week at podictionary I covered the words yacht, trapeze, placenta, bargain and lampoon.

You may notice a slightly different format and that’s because I’m giving podictionary a facelift after more than four years of episodes.

I’ve been seeing a growing audience at the website blog and also subscribing by email but as I explained in Monday’s episode, what supports podictionary is listeners, not readers.

Because of this I’m doing two things. I am streamlining the daily podcast so that listeners don’t have to waste 9 seconds of their day listening to the same intro every time. I’m also letting my reading audience know that what is keeping podictionary going are my daily listener numbers so that if they own an iPod I’m hoping they’ll like listening as much or more than they like reading.

Finally I’ve partnered with a company who are working to bring out an iPhone app for podictionary.

I will be continuing to produce podictionary weekly and I hope you continue to enjoy it, but if you’d like to experiment with the less repetitive new version of podictionary daily you’ll be better supporting my listener numbers and I’ll appreciate that.

Transcripts of all of the above episodes are available by following the links.

Monday’s podictionary word was carpenter
Tuesday’s word history was for tragus
Wednesday’s word origin was for aluminum
Thursday’s etymology, was for curfew and
Friday’s word root was for the word leotard

Transcripts of all of the above episodes are available by following the links.

This week is a special edition since on Thursday the podcast was an extended interview with Philip Durkin the Principal Etymologist for the Oxford English Dictionary. I’ve rearranged the order of the posts so that in this weekly version that interview comes last.

Monday’s podictionary word was ordeal
Tuesday’s word history was for class
Wednesday’s word origin was for blanket
Friday’s word root was for the word surname

Transcripts of all of the above episodes are available by following the links.

Monday’s podictionary word was hue
Tuesday’s word history was for frolic
Wednesday’s word origin was for annihilate
Thursday’s etymology, was for lesbian and
Friday’s word root was for the word neck

Transcripts of all of the above episodes are available by following the links.

Monday’s podictionary word was elbow
Tuesday’s word history was for cuckoo
Wednesday’s word origin was for pompous
Thursday’s etymology, was for macaroni and
Friday’s word root was for the word glue

Transcripts of all of the above episodes are available by following the links.