Big Words for Smart People

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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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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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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(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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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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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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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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Just in time for the new year, the word of the week is:
 
Harrowing - Adjective
: acutely distressing or painful
 
In this episode:
What is the hottest tattoo?
Self-broken bones
Things to talk about while getting a tattoo
The Twilight slippery slope
Like, seriously, a lot of tattoo talk
 
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Another addition to our growing collection of "slurs for hot people," the word of the week is: 
 
Termagant - Noun
1Termagant : a deity erroneously ascribed to Islam by medieval European Christians and represented in early English drama as a violent character
2: an overbearing or nagging woman : shrew
 
In this episode:
Exposing lifeguards
Funny eyebrow bird
We all secretly want a mommy-dommy
More like mummy-dommy
St. Thomas’ Knuckle-Bones: 1 for $3 or 12 for $20!
Power Rangers Skate School
Women’s Bible Review
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Additional Links:
The Actual History of Eating Mummies as Medicine by Abby Cox
Ptarmigan audio courtesy of the National Park Service audio gallery: Look at this beautiful bird

Loosen those coin-purses, the word of the week is:
 
Parsimonious - adjective
1: exhibiting or marked by parsimony
especially : frugal to the point of stinginess
 
2: sparing, restrained
In this episode:
Call Me Maybe Roulette
Millennial grand-aunt
Tree Anxiety
Caked-Up Geeses for the Nieces
Ways to ruin Frankie’s Birthday
Links to local charities
Support people experiencing homelessness in Eric's area here.
 
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