Big Words for Smart People
Eric and Frankie are not linguists.
What Eric and Frankie lack in bona fides (boring fides, more like it) they make up for in sibling jocularity, rampaging tangents, and lighthearted ribbing. They already know you're a smart person, you don't need to be told that.
Instead, join them every Wednesday to learn a new, cool, big word to enrich your new, cool, big brain and listen in on a casual conversation loosely connected to the word.
BW4SP releases weekly to enrich your lexicon, ~30 minutes at a time.
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Wednesday Aug 13, 2025
Wednesday Aug 13, 2025
The word of the week is: Fontanelle! Eric and Frankie are asking the tough questions. Questions like: what would you put in your soft fontanelle?
Fontanelle - noun (or fontanel)
: a membrane-covered opening in bone or between bones
In this episode:
Avoid the top-of-baby danger button (no soup allowed)
Unqualified medical education and Eric’s brave birthing story
Proper hygiene tips from a greasy family
The inner machinations of a puzzle-factory is an enigma (as are the raccoon puzzle wizards)
Presidential food suppository stories - we… don’t talk to Terry
Pachycephalosaurus fun facts
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Show-notes definition pulled from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary
Wednesday Aug 06, 2025
Wednesday Aug 06, 2025
Frankie's brought us lamination this week - everyone's favorite superfluous office friend.
Lamination - noun
the process of laminating
the state of being laminated
a laminated structure
lamina (Eric's note: isn't this just the same thing but again?)
a defect in a coin in which a layer of metal appears to have buckled or fallen off during the striking process
In this episode:
Lambasting foreign Chinese food
The Great Breakfast Burrito Debate
"My particular brand of bathroom trauma"
Cookie Tummy
Framed pictures of crumpled art
A warning to teachers everywhere.
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Show-notes definition pulled from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary
Thursday Jul 31, 2025
Thursday Jul 31, 2025
It's the premier episode and sibling duo Eric and Frankie are bringing you "encoding." It's a rambling journey to learn a new word - emphasis on journey.
Encoding - verb
a: to convert (something, such as a body of information) from one system of communication into another
especially : to convert (a message) into code or, b: to convey symbolically
to specify the genetic code for
In this episode:
Learning new languages the hard way
Middle school cruelty
The myth of neurotypical
An incredible low bar for professionalism.
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Show-notes definition pulled from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary
Episodes will usually release on Wednesdays, this one's an exception so we can start hosting. We appreciate your understanding!