326 GG "Jealousy" Versus "Envy"

1207. This week, we look at the hidden linguistic history of Ontario with Sali Tagliamonte. We look at why euphemisms like "golly" and "gosh" are going the way of the dinosaur, the surprising connection between Northern Ontario and the Southern U.S., and how Canadian words like " ... Show More

1206. This week, we look at the secret language of video gamers — including why getting "nerfed" is a bad thing and what it means to "rage quit" — and we answer a listener's question about whether the bird "duck" or the verb "duck" came first and whether real ducks actually duck ... Show More

1205. In the bonus discussion this week, we continue discussing AI em dashes with Sean Goedecke, software engineer for GitHub. We talk about why AI detectors are often unreliable and how they can disproportionately flag non-native English speakers. We also look at the controversi ... Show More

81: Belfry, Abeyance. Substantiate, Eschew. 82: Welter, Calumny, Flag, Noisome 83: Tortuous, Surfeit, Anachronism, Leery 84: Abjure, Cartography, Mirth, Divine 85: Maudlin, Deride, Malinger, Gestation 86: Connoisseur, Droll, Inchoate, Refractory 87: Terrestrial, Canard, Warranted ... Show More

Moving from place to place can be chaotic. Learn a phrase to describe the situation 

Learn a phrase you can use to describe a bad situation. 

How to get free coasters, curse across the world and avoid offending people with your word search. Plus, one last Toilet of the Week. 

The words for today are: Wanton, Dichotomy, Aberrant, Blight. Today's quote is taken from The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell VictorPrep's vocab podcast is for improving for English vocabulary skills while helping you prepare for your standardized tests! This podcas ... Show More

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://improveyourenglish.blog/2021/01/24/most-difficult-words-in-english-with-meanings/ 

<p>Get the premium lesson for this at <a href= "http://www.feelgoodenglish.com/go">www.feelgoodenglish.com/go</a></p> <p>Today I have an episode based on two words. That's it, two English words. But these two words affect our lives so much. One of these words is responsible for o ... Show More

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