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Archive of the "Engineering Word Of The Day" podcast, an informal show on engineering jargon. Powered by Pios Labs. Also playing short clips previewing other projects from Pios Labs. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/engineering-education/support
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Culinary Word of the Day is hosted by chef and author Jenn de la Vega. Subscribe to short, educational weekly dispatches to expand your vocabulary of the comestible across agriculture, technology, cooking techniques, food trends, and international cuisine. Esculentè is a behind-the-scenes conversation podcast hosted by Jenn de la Vega and research producer Alicia Book. For every three culinary words, Jenn and Alicia discuss material from the cutting room floor in a series of bonus episodes. ...
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Welcome to Tony Sam's Word of the Day Podcast! You may think you know what words mean, but YOU DON'T! Lucky for you, Tony Sam DOES. Tony Sam graduated magna cum laude from the Harvard School of Law and has been fascinated with the evolution of the English language as far back as he can remember. Currently serving as a Judge in the 23rd Circuit Court of Illinois, he finds time to learn more about words whenever he’s not walking his prized Labrador, Marshall. His other accolades include gradua ...
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 16, 2025 is: rife • \RYFE\ • adjective Rife usually describes things that are very common and often—though not always—bad or unpleasant. Rife is also commonly used in the phrase “rife with” to mean “copiously supplied” or “having a large amount of; full of.” Unlike most adjectives, rife is not used before…
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 15, 2025 is: stratagem • \STRAT-uh-jum\ • noun A stratagem is a trick or plan for deceiving an enemy or for achieving a goal. // They devised various stratagems to get the cat into the carrier, but the feisty feline was wise to them all. See the entry > Examples: "In one illustration of the mashup of sacr…
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 14, 2025 is: bamboozle • \bam-BOO-zul\ • verb To bamboozle someone is to deceive, trick, or confuse them. // The salesperson bamboozled us into getting a more expensive item than we had planned to buy. See the entry > Examples: "'We're not trying to make a perfect film that's, like, got a twist: Oh my God…
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 13, 2025 is: curfew • \KER-fyoo\ • noun Curfew refers to a law or order that requires people to be indoors after a certain time at night, as well as to the period of time when such an order or law is in effect. Chiefly in the United States, curfew is also used to refer to the time set by a parent or careg…
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 12, 2025 is: multifarious • \mul-tuh-FAIR-ee-us\ • adjective Something described as multifarious has great diversity or variety, or is made up of many and various kinds of things. Multifarious is a formal word and a synonym of diverse. // He participated in multifarious activities throughout college. See …
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 11, 2025 is: quark • \KWORK\ • noun Quark is a word used in physics to refer to any one of several types of very small particles that make up matter. // Quarks, which combine together to form protons and neutrons, come in six types, or flavors: up, down, charm, strange, top, and bottom. See the entry > Ex…
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 10, 2025 is: imperturbable • \im-per-TER-buh-bul\ • adjective Imperturbable describes someone or something marked by extreme calm; such a person or thing is very hard to disturb or upset. // The imperturbable captain did not panic when the boat sailed into the path of a violent storm. // Nothing disrupted…
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 9, 2025 is: wend • \WEND\ • verb Wend is a literary word that means “to move slowly from one place to another usually by a winding or indirect course”; wending is traveling or proceeding on one’s way in such a manner. // Hikers wend along the marked trails to the top of the mountain, which provides a pano…
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 8, 2025 is: gregarious • \grih-GAIR-ee-us\ • adjective Gregarious is used to describe someone who enjoys the company of other people. // Justin’s gregarious personality made it easy for him to get to know people at the networking event. See the entry > Examples: “How can we reap the benefits of deep conne…
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 7, 2025 is: emollient • \ih-MAHL-yunt\ • noun An emollient is something, such as a lotion, that softens or soothes. // She keeps a number of oils in the bathroom—argan, almond, and coconut—to use as emollients. See the entry > Examples: "Jojoba oil and squalene are plant oils and emollients, which means t…
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