Big Words for Smart People

34: Capricious

Y'all remember that "game" Frankie did for episode 27: Mercurial? Buckle up, folks
Capricious - adjective
1: governed or characterized by sudden irrational and unpredictable impulses or whims : impulsive
broadly : unpredictable, erratic
2 (law ): not supported by the weight of evidence or established rules of law
In this episode:
Eric has allergies and he sounds like droopy dog
Pre-35 absolution
Big Balls for Strong Trainers - A Pokémon Fancast
Frankie's terrible word-association game round 2, nonsense boogaloo
"You wanna see my goats throw up?"
Frankie talks about plants for awhile or something, idk I checked out
Jennifer Grievous and Optimus Prime
Not a murder, this is for crabs
Put another mark on the Dante tracker
Lava-lamp scarcity
Tar and feather me, daddy
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Show-notes definition pulled from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary

33: Automaticity

Au-to-ma-ticity, the word of the week is:
 
Automaticity - noun (definitions from adjective form, automatic)
1a: largely or wholly involuntaryb: acting or done spontaneously or unconsciouslyc: done or produced as if by machine : mechanical
In this episode:
Power Wash Celebrity Sighting
We love doing two things at the same time poorly
Eric teaches us about stuff... kinda
Non-fluent pillow talk, yum
Handing a controller to grandma
Frankie's Link-shaped lesions
We talk about video games a lot: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Donkey Kong Bananza, QWOP, Getting Over It with Bennet Foddy, Baby Steps, UFO 50, Mooncat (in UFO 50)
Old memes
If there's no friction, you can't feel anything
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Show-notes definition pulled from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary
Additional Music: Electro Beat - New Wave Disco

32: Mithridatism

Take your medicine, the word for the week is
 
Mithridatism - noun
: tolerance to a poison acquired by taking gradually increased doses of it
In this episode:
BC - Before Chester
"I don't care for Mithridatis VI..."
Pliny the Elder wrote the Gen I PokeDex
It takes 15 minutes to actually say the word of the day...
Mad honey, yo
I KNOW what a bug tastes like
One carp in a bucket.
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Show-notes definition pulled from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary

31: Lenticular

Turn to page 69 school planners and jot this down, the word of the week is:
 
Lenticular - adjective
1: having the shape of a double-convex lens
2: of or relating to a lens
3: provided with or utilizing lenticules
In this episode
Get that good vitamin Sun
Elementary school nostalgia
Eric may not have been a very good student - planner folding, holes in pencils, short pencil
The first 20 minutes of the Sound of Music
It all comes back to Reagan
The omni-teacher
Flavor-blasted notebooks
Modern OLED Lenticulars
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Breaking News Intro Background Music

30: Smithereens

Kaboom! The word for the week is:
 
Smithereens - plural noun
: small broken pieces : fragments, bits
In this episode:
hot.dog
I got blown to away
Choose your own mindsweeper
Chipocalypse
Thanks, ball lightning!
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Show-notes definition pulled from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary

29: Objet d'Art

Two Swordz joins us today with a new, two-part word!
 
Objet d'Art - noun
1: an article of some artistic value
2: curio
In this episode:
Piss hell (we promise this whole episode won’t be about pee)
Banksy shredding
The story of “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin”
Fartin Scroti
PleasrDAO, we barely even knew her… DAO
We do really bad math (someone please correct us)
Follow Two Bladez on Xanga
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Show-notes definition pulled from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary

28: Berserk

(Sorry we missed a week, Eric's a moron)
Let's not lose our heads, y'all. The word of the week is:
 
Berserk - noun
1: an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable
2: one whose actions are recklessly defiant
Berserk - adjective
: markedly out of control due to intense anger or excitement : frenzied
In this episode:
Berserk AI
Thrust your Gae Bolg into me, consensually
Twinky heroes
Lore-Accurate Warp Frenzy
Kid Pix practice
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Show-notes definition pulled from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary

27: Mercurial

We never thought we'd have to post this episode (it's so dang cold).
 
Mercurial - adjective
1a: characterized by rapid and unpredictable changeableness of mood
b: very lively and quick
c: changing often : very changeable
2a: having qualities (as of eloquence, ingenuity, or thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury or in astrology to the influence of the planet Mercury
b: fast in development or occurrence : quick
3: of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury
4: of, relating to, containing, or caused by mercury
In this episode:
Mr Chilly in the building
Words Related to Certain Planets, a “game” by Frankie
No, seriously y’all, I scored points in this game and I 100% have no understanding of how this game is played
Bad Marvin Martian impressions
Yeah, this game is still Calvinball
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Show-notes definition pulled from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary

26: Supercilious

Two Swordz, Two Hearts, One Word:
 
Supercilious - adjective
: coolly and patronizingly haughty
 
In this episode:
Too many rangoons
Introducing Two Swordz (and his Biggest Fanz)
And JFKaby
Lifeguard stunts
Fun in media, less in reality
The American Lean™
Hobbylos behavior
 
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Show-notes definition pulled from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary

25: Caterwaul

If you like listening to people talk about their cats, you're in luck! The word of the week is:
 
Caterwaul - verb
1: to make a harsh cry
2: to protest or complain noisily
 
In this episode:
Bring back Street Pass in 2026
Frankie might not be very good at limericks either
Cats
Tiny Spider-Man window cleaning
Howling sh*t sprints
Coyote chorus
We apologize for Frankie earblasting the audience
 
Special shout out to all our wonderful cats: Ruben Wilson, Kessie, Macaroni, Chicken Nugget French Fry Tabby. We love you and miss you, Loblolly Pratchett.
 
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